The most useless horsy item you have ever bought?

A lick-it holder thing with lick-it.

Meant to keep the pony from being bored etc. He ate the whole thing in minutes and then broke the holder.
 
Equimax tabs. Horses wouldn't entertain them! I ended up crushing them and mixing them with soaked stud cubes to get them into the bloody horses:mad:

A sort of stretchy under rug thing. It's like polyester x lycra and was supposed to fit a 6' 6". Yeah, if the horse was 6" wide and 6' long!! :rolleyes:

I have the prototype mk2 Equiping and my horse has yet to ping it. They have improved it further, but it's still too much to spend on a piece of elastic with a limited lifespan.

I also have a velvet covered girth that I have used twice. It's been in various boxes for four or five years now.
 
Stubben jumping saddle (well... is only useless now I no longer have the horse, admittedly)

£50 Prolite pad - Saddler convinced me it would save my horse's back but it doesn't fit my saddle! Second saddler told me to Ebay it but I've never gotten round to it.

One of those metal currycombs that's a big strip of metal with teeth and handle either end - can't remember the name but everyone raved about them so much for removing winter coats I bought one... good old rubber currycomb is so much better!
 
A trailer that my horse refused to go on! Sold it in the end and just hire lorries now that he loads himself on!
 
Grazing muzzle, he just stood around looking confused, I spent ages watching him and he got really stressed.

A pessoa used about 3 times.

Some very poncie leg bandages, did'nt need them. Ideas above my station to use at dressage comps in warm up.

Dressage saddle (OK only second hand) hated it.

Since losing my boy have no idea what to do with all his 'stuff'. Should have a big sale but as yet cannot part with any of it.
 
One of those stupid plastic tie up ring things. comes undone on its own whenever it likes. Threw it and went back to string!
 
Horse treats (not polo's though!) pointless as horse won't eat them!
Leather balm stuff, used but feels horrid and makes some of my leather go moudly. Ordinary leather soap works lovely, just like it did 30 odd years go!
Got 2 hoof oil brushes, that the heads have fallen off. One brush is so damn big it won't go in the bottle!
The really tall plastic electric fence posts... snap. (either at the bottom where you stamp it into the ground, or where you really want to put the fence into!) Total waste of trying to get 'bigger 2/3 strand fencing'.
Plastic mane combs.. snap.
 
Starryeyed,

Best story ever about white fluffy girth cover!!! I'm still laughing.

I have bought loads of useless stuff over the years. Too many to mention.

Terri
 
A fluffy girth cover. I put it on my mare, walked off, she felt it underneath her, took off broncing round the school several times at speed! Never used the bloody thing since!
 
I bought a second hand happy horse hay steamer. The steaming unit kept blowing the electricity fuse so we bought a new steamer and a timer switch. I used to turn on the timer switch so the hay would be ready when I arrived on the yard. The timer switch was faulty, so we decided to feed haylage instead!
 
Many moons ago I bought pour Dizzy a ..………

Horsey baseball cap :/

It looked ridiculous and the peak stupidly pointed upwards :D

I have no idea what I was thinking :/
 
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Oops yes I forgot the 2 pairs of Pikeur breeches which were just a TINY bit tight and I knew I'd soon be able to fit into them.... 5 years ago. I cant admit defeat so they are still in the drawer with all tags on.
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they are a 30 waist but I am not ready to let them go yet, sorry Oldie48! :-)
 
A H2Go water bag which you put in a wheelbarrow to transport large quantities of water. On the picture it showed how you simply tipped the wheelbarrow and the water came pouring out. In my case despite using the anti-slip mat it came with in the bottom of my barrow the whole bag went sliding straight out of the barrow. With the water making a nice muddy patch in the field, as opposed to going in the bucket. Also due to the weight of the water it make the wheelbarrow really unsteady and difficult to balance, so it wasn't particularly labour saving, even if the blooming thing hadn't gone tipping all over the floor!

And a Wow dressage saddle. I hate it, every horse I have used it on has hated it, and I can't for love nor money sell the bloody thing!
 
In defence of equipings, I love them :) My horse made it her daily ambition to break the baler twine. She was mightily disappointed when I bought one and she realised her game was over :D
 
charlimouse said:
A H2Go water bag which you put in a wheelbarrow to transport large quantities of water. On the picture it showed how you simply tipped the wheelbarrow and the water came pouring out. In my case despite using the anti-slip mat it came with in the bottom of my barrow the whole bag went sliding straight out of the barrow. With the water making a nice muddy patch in the field, as opposed to going in the bucket. Also due to the weight of the water it make the wheelbarrow really unsteady and difficult to balance, so it wasn't particularly labour saving, even if the blooming thing hadn't gone tipping all over the floor!
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Ah I'd forgotten the horror that was my H2Go bag! :rolleyes: I bought it to save me the back breaking work of carting buckets of water to my family's horses and my boy.
2 small buckets to fill each large bucket twice a day - we had between 4 and 5 horses and I already have a dodgey back so I thought "great idea!"....

No. no, it really was not a great idea!

It was a major pain in the @r$e to fill because someone moved the hose so you had to attempt to position it under the high up yard taps and hope that it would fill up before the wheelbarrow did. Then you start to tip it into a bucket and you end up splashing it all over the place!
Then you manage to line it up where the water is vaguely likely to go into the bucket the whole sodding thing comes sliding out of the wheelbarrow and water goes everywhere!
Not fun mid winter when it's going to ice over really quickly! :mad::rolleyes:
 
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!

That said though they may well fit Kasper properly as he has much more bone, hmmmm, worth a try.
 
An EquiTheme saddle pad from the Stripes collection. Looks lovely, but slips around under the saddle (even if girthed tightly), doesn't breathe and fits oddly. A shame, I really liked it, but will have to sell it now - used just once.

A simple saddle cover. I just don't use it very much.

A reflective breastcollar. Doesn't fit too good and I can't seem to bring myself to fixing it.
 
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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...
 
LOL You have to be careful with the water bags and make sure they have a tap not a pull off cap that takes a lot of strength to remove it"!"!! But my waste of money has been several bitless nosebands that you use with your old bridle - I always use my Parelli hackamore - it is the best even though it doesn't look like a bridle!!!
 
I bought some of those velcro straps that you attach to the girth and stirrup to keep your lower leg steadier........never used them! What a ridiculous invention! x
 
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I bought some of those velcro straps that you attach to the girth and stirrup to keep your lower leg steadier........never used them! What a ridiculous invention! x
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Oh I had them, the equilibrium straps! They were so useless I ended up taking them home and then they were lost forever as random strips of velcro!
 
charlimouse said:
A H2Go water bag which you put in a wheelbarrow to transport large quantities of water. On the picture it showed how you simply tipped the wheelbarrow and the water came pouring out. In my case despite using the anti-slip mat it came with in the bottom of my barrow the whole bag went sliding straight out of the barrow. With the water making a nice muddy patch in the field, as opposed to going in the bucket. Also due to the weight of the water it make the wheelbarrow really unsteady and difficult to balance, so it wasn't particularly labour saving, even if the blooming thing hadn't gone tipping all over the floor!

And a Wow dressage saddle. I hate it, every horse I have used it on has hated it, and I can't for love nor money sell the bloody thing!
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I love my H2Go Bag!.....So do my liveries! lol
 
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