The most useless horsy item you have ever bought?

I bought some of those cooling boots that you keep in the fridge (they were quite a lot of money if I remember rightly). Horse had a fat leg so on went the boot. She bucked and bucked and bucked until the boot went 20ft up in the air. :o
 
my horse!!!

it just eats, craps, coughs and costs me money!!! she was only meant to be a companion and now im thinking of buying HER a companion :D :D


i love her lots really she actually quite special :)
 
RebelRebel said:
I bought some of those cooling boots that you keep in the fridge (they were quite a lot of money if I remember rightly). Horse had a fat leg so on went the boot. She bucked and bucked and bucked until the boot went 20ft up in the air. :o
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Get wine wraps from ebay, £4 each and you don't care if she wrecks them!
 
Vindaloo said:
An Arab for jumping - enough said (ok not specifically for jumping but you get my drift)
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Ha ha, sorry I know its stereotypical but that made me laugh! I warmed up at BSJA at the weekend beside an arab, and I did think "wow, an arab that actually jumps?!"! On another note, are you selling your Pikeur jacket you mention...??
 
MagicMelon, I'm hanging onto it in the hope that one day, ill get another horse and actually compete!!! Said horse has ready and waiting just about every bit of blooming kit you could ever want.
 
Vindaloo said:
An Arab for jumping - enough said (ok not specifically for jumping but you get my drift)...
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OH, EXSQEEZE ME???????? :D:p:D:p
Took my arab to XC training last week. First time he's done XC, hasn't really jumped much at all for the last year. Ended up giving a lead over jumps to one friend, after watching other friend do a face plant into the ground when her warmblood took off broncing after the little warm-up jump.

*stomps off in the huff*...............*turns 'round and comes back*

Oh, and most useless thing was treeless saddle which kept slipping til I fell off!
 
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Crikey how long have you got!!

Handpowered clippers for tidying up a hogged clipper shy cob, broke on the second squeeze :rolleyes:

Gallop fly rug - ripped in two seconds (I know my own fault for buying gallop)

waterproof saddle cover NEVER used it and way too slidey

Neoprene tail guard thats too small for my mares fat tail

cream jodhs cuz one day I thought we might actually compete - they have been in the wardrobe since I bought the horse
 
ribbons said:
Some ridiculous contraption to worm and administer medicine to un cooperative horse. A plastic bit with a hole in the middle attached to a skeleton bridle. Syringe meds/wormer into end of bit.
Total faff and waste of time, horse got less of the dose than
when he and I wrestled round the stable.
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Loulou2002 said:
I love my H2Go Bag!.....So do my liveries! lol
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i have one too there really good :)
 
horsebenny said:
Loads of stuff but I keep buying those combined hoof pick/mane combs but I can neither pick out a hoof or comb a mane without the other side cutting into my hand. I know this yet I keep buying them...
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I'm so thick - I never realised the handle is meant to be a hoof pick! I just thought it was useful for wrapping hair round whilst pulling/having a bit more to hold on to/parting the mane whilst plaiting.

I think my use for it is much better - why in gods name would you need a comb-come-hoof pick?!!
 
Jarrive said:
I'm so thick - I never realised the handle is meant to be a hoof pick! I just thought it was useful for wrapping hair round whilst pulling/having a bit more to hold on to/parting the mane whilst plaiting.

I think my use for it is much better - why in gods name would you need a comb-come-hoof pick?!!
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Ditto, I didnt know it was suppsoed to be a hoof pick?! I use the hooked end to seperate the hair into sections for plaiting, or getting out a tough knot. :confused:
 
Umm.....those black horse wrap exercise boot things - useless £25 for a pair and did not stay up at all. The least sign on arena surface an dthey would come unstuck.
And a copy of a Pessoa lunge system - not long enough for my horse, who poo'ed on the sheepskin as i was trying it on. have learnt that quality is best - everyoe else probably realised this a long time ago.
 
My kids have the most amazing electric blue sparkly hoof oil for their pony....if I was just a bit younger I might have to borrow it...:D
 
RLS said:
OH, EXSQEEZE ME???????? :D:p:D:p
Took my arab to XC training last week. First time he's done XC, hasn't really jumped much at all for the last year. Ended up giving a lead over jumps to one friend, after watching other friend do a face plant into the ground when her warmblood took off broncing after the little warm-up jump.

*stomps off in the huff*...............*turns 'round and comes back*

Oh, and most useless thing was treeless saddle which kept slipping til I fell off!
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Just for you. :D
http://www.arabianlines.com/forum1/topic_new.asp?TOPIC_ID=33371
 
A waterproof saddle cover that doesn't fit, the stirrup slots are in the completely wrong place even though its supposed to be one size fits all.

Someone bought me draw reins with a fluffy sheepskin attachment - never used. Ended up with my friend.

Ruggles fly rug - snapped belly strap off first time.

Robinsons MW turnout - snapped chest buckles and neck straps off first time.

Body protector that makes it difficult for me to move in.

Likit holder - she doesn't understand how they work.

Sure there are tons more but I can't think - I'm good at buying tat I never use.
 
Just thought of something else- liveryman harmony clippers

Awful things, they couldn't get through his fur despite being told they would, he was left looking like one of those teenagers who shave tramlines/ patterns into their hair :eek:

They were so close to being thrown with much force across the stable!

They are sat at home as can't sell the blithering things!
 
Montyforever said:
Field safe headcollar .. She had it off in about 2 seconds!
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My horse towed a metal ringfeeder three times round the field attached to one and it didn't break :eek: then the other day she was tied up and the tie up ring part snapped before the Velcro "quick release" so I cannot imagine what part of it is field safe (in fact the only safe thing about it is she has never worn a head collar in the fields since the ring feeder incident!!!).
 
Paint Me Proud said:
A quite expensive pair of caldene brushing knee boots. On Chico they simply didint stay put and turned around during the hack. I used to have to get off several times to swivel them back.
One hack I got so annoyed I took them off and stuck them both down my tshirt!
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PMP - LOL at the thought of you hacking home with knee boots down your T shirt... images of early Madonna spring to mind!
 
Oh my goodness, so many things . . . but the standouts are:

- Shedding blade - Kal is far too thin-skinned and sensitive and HATES it - so it languishes in my box

- Too many rugs . . . he wears the same two or three in each season (and I'm embarrassed to say how many he has)

- Sheath cleaner . . . seriously, I've had to muck about with his bits just once or twice in the three plus years I've had him and then just warm water, a flannel and an iron-clad constitution sufficed

- Wound powder . . . have never used it - and not because Kal hasn't had cuts, bites, knocks, etc.

- Stockholm Tar . . . all it did was leak everywhere . . . took me AGES to clean up and some of my grooming brushes still smell of it . . . never did use it

- Hoof oil . . . I now know that good hooves come from what you put IN the animal, not what you paint on their feet . . . so the only time I paint his feet with anything is when he's about to go into the dressage arena (and that's with tea tree oil)

I am sure there are more . . . but that's enough to be majorly embarrassed about for now . . .

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I bought a hayball for Andy convinced it was our solution as he kept trying to hang himself in his haynets. Apparently they break free really easily and super safe.

The next morning I found Andy wearing the hayball round his armpit still attached to ceiling, poor boy was very confused.
 
Most useless ever was a treeless saddle, not an expensive one but it had good reviews. The quality was awful and it did nothing for my position so got sold on.

My second most useless purchase was made one particularly wet winter. I purchased what was termed a 'Rainbeater suit' by Mountain Horse.

When it arrived it was this weird rubbery material in dark green. I wasn't too bothered as I only had to walk to the end of the village and to the twenty acre field that the bottom of the village backs on to. The next day or so it was torrential rain, so I suashed into this rubbery contraption and made my way to the field, quite smug at staying dry for once.

The two ponies I was bringing in thought differently about it though, one look and it was heads up, tails up and off snorting. I thought I would persevere and traipsed up and down the field with the ponies doing their best dragon impressions and throwing in the odd squeal for good measure.

After going up and down the field for what seemed like hours - including the blooming big hill in the middle I went back home to return with a bucket of never failed yet feed. By this point I was sweating like a stuck pig and steaming, but confident in getting them in with feed. I get through the gate with feed and nope - same reaction. I ended up stripping off in the middle of the field in order to get anywhere neat them. Never wore it again after that. :mad:
 
A lightweight Masta turnout rug which, while being worn, ripped into so many bits that it hobbled all 4 legs of the horse who nearly killed me by falling over at me when I went to see why he wasn't moving. Shan't buy that make again!
 
Wow, what an amusing thread! :D
Right, here goes..
-Waterproof saddle cover with stirrup holes so you can ride with it on. Fit perfectly & was nice to ride on. However, being waterproof, it made a kind of rustling noise which in turn made the pony (who is pathologically terrified of carrier bags, etc.) not very nice to ride at all. Don't even know where that is now!
-Waterproof exercise sheet. Rolled up under the front of the saddle & can't have been comfy for the pony. Also proceeded to make her sweat profusely & void it's own purpose. It's folded neatly in a box somewhere & has been there for about 5 years.
-Martingale. Bought off a friend for little money but used only once as pony decided that if she could no longer throw her head up, she would throw it in every other direction instead. Schooling & perseverance were the alternative cure.
-Barefoot treeless saddle. Bought online after some deliberation only for it to slip slightly several times - & once rather badly when the pony bolted, resulting in me being thrust out the side door, only avoiding being impaled on the fence by catching myself with one hand & being strung up by the pony with one leg still stuck on her back. Whilst trying to decide between attempting to send the saddle back & selling it on to someone who's pony it would fit better, the yard was broken into & the useless thing was stolen!! No money back on that!
I'm sure there are many more useless things I've bought but the stories of the H2Go bags brought back a memory for me..
My old YO (who it transpired had decided to start a part & full livery yard with very little experience in handling anything other than her ex-racer who almost bit her face off & had VERY little horse sense) decided to get a H2Go bag to make her life easier when filling water buckets in the fields in winter. Now, she thought it was fantastic.. Never had it fall out of the barrow, never chucked water all over the field or anything. She thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
That was until she decided to counteract the typical winter-time problem of having to thaw out the taps before being able to use them by filling the H2Go bag in the afternoon & leaving it in the barrow on the yard, overnight, for the next morning.. When she came down to find that the water had frozen solid & the expansion had ripped the bag into lots of little useless strips! She had one very large, peculiar-looking ice cube though ;)
Still chuckling about that to this day :D
 
Knee boots... Horse walked like doing goose step!!!

Fluffy over reach boots... Filthy in moments needed washing after every use...

Saddle cloth with horses name and sons name on... Sold horse month later.. Any one got a child called gareth and horse called penny can have it!!

A ball you put nuts in and leave in stable for horse to play with..

Fly mask and field safe headcolar , big lad gets them of in no time.. Still persevering tho!! I put it on.. He gets it off.. I put it on.. You get the drift..
 
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