Tips for Keeping a Grey Clean!

[Lotsoflemons]

I know there is no magic answer for this but every time I ride in the rain he looks like a bog pony!! I always rug him nearly 24/7 Unless it's boiling!! But out hacking is there any such thing as a waterproof hood? Or any tips to keep him dry and not wet he's always so filthy

 

[Flowerofthefen]

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I know there is no magic answer for this but every time I ride in the rain he looks like a bog pony!! I always rug him nearly 24/7 Unless it's boiling!! But out hacking is there any such thing as a waterproof hood? Or any tips to keep him dry and not wet he's always so filthy

You can buy a full waterproof rain mac for horses, covers them from head to tail.

 

[Red-1]

I usually clip and rug. When riding we have a quarter sheet. When back, a towelling off soon dries the rest enough to rug again.

If I don't clip, I embrace the bog pony look.

 

[Barton Bounty]

My friend has two greys for her sins
She uses tomato sauce for the really disgusting bits, and wash with purple shampoo on top

 

[j1ffy]

I gave up and only have bays now

 

[Squeak]

This is really useful stuff if you have a horse that likes to wallow in mud. It makes the mud stick less to the coat so it brushes off more easily and doesn't stain as much:

NETTEX Seven Day Mud Away for Horses

NETTEX Seven Day Mud Away for Horses is available online with fast delivery from VioVet, the trusted supplier of veterinary medication, foods and animal care products.

www.viovet.co.uk

You can also use baby oil but it doesn't last as long - you need to top it up every other day where the 7 day mud away will go 5ish days. Clipping does make it a lot easier and I have to admit to using a snuggy hood turnout hood on my really dirty grey if I was going somewhere and needed him clean, otherwise I used their headless neck as it stopped mud going on their neck. Mostly though I just ignored it until spring One of my greys was a complete mud wallower and my efforts were more to make it so that I didn't have to spend hours brushing every time I rode more than to keep him white!

I think any colour horse looks like a bog pony when it's rained on out riding - best solution is to avoid riding in the rain

 

[Lotsoflemons]

This is really useful stuff if you have a horse that likes to wallow in mud. It makes the mud stick less to the coat so it brushes off more easily and doesn't stain as much:

NETTEX Seven Day Mud Away for Horses

NETTEX Seven Day Mud Away for Horses is available online with fast delivery from VioVet, the trusted supplier of veterinary medication, foods and animal care products.

www.viovet.co.uk

You can also use baby oil but it doesn't last as long - you need to top it up every other day where the 7 day mud away will go 5ish days. Clipping does make it a lot easier and I have to admit to using a snuggy hood turnout hood on my really dirty grey if I was going somewhere and needed him clean, otherwise I used their headless neck as it stopped mud going on their neck. Mostly though I just ignored it until spring One of my greys was a complete mud wallower and my efforts were more to make it so that I didn't have to spend hours brushing every time I rode more than to keep him white!

I think any colour horse looks like a bog pony when it's rained on out riding - best solution is to avoid riding in the rain

Yes I'm getting him Clipped next week

 

[fidleyspromise]

I embraced the bog pony look but she needs a rug now and she's never been so clean it's quite nice having a sparkling grey.

 

[MereChristmas]

Mine 2 weeks ago not long after his first clip. ATM he is out overnight about 15 hours. I had given him a quick brush before we left the yard. He wears a sheet with belly wrap under a turnout with removable neck. I wash the sheet and the neck regularly. When it is really bad he wears a full Snuggy head and neck not the t/o neck.
A lot of the cleanliness is down to him though. Although he does roll he is generally a clean pony. I am quite lucky.