Tunrning a rug into an exercise sheet??

[FullThrottle]

Anyone done this? i have a thermatex rug that i dont use and have lost my rambo exercise sheet so i thought i'd adapt my rug into an exercise sheet, but i cant decide wether to make it a wrp round one or take the easy option nd make it one that goes under the saddle, which style do you all use??

 

[dibbin]

Will be watching for replies, I've got a Weatherbeeta jersey cooler with knackered chest straps that I want to make into an exercise sheet ...

 

[LEXIS-MAGIC]

I did the easy thing and just lopped the front off so it could go under the saddle x, I just buy cheapo fleece blankets for the little ponies and add a fillet string x

 

[jodie3]

If your Thermatex is in good condition you could probably sell it and use the money to buy a new exercise sheet?

 

[Orangehorse]

Should be quite easy. Chop off the front, bind with tape if you like and add some velcro for girth or sursingle to go through.

I ride on top of my exercise sheet, not put it underneath the saddle. It is a bit of a faff to use sheepskin, then rug, then saddle, so I just put it over the saddle and with an elastic sursingle over the top, through the velcro straps on the rug and through a breast plate so the sursingle can't slip back. I also have a tape inside the rug that I can tie to the D ring on the back of the saddle so the rug can't slip back off the horse. I have lots of D rings as I had them put on for saddlebags for long hacks/Trec etc.

 

[FullThrottle]

The thermatex is a bit tatty and streached, too big for Plu now which is why i dont use it anymore

 

[JoG]

You can just put the rug on, plonk saddle on top then lift the saddle flap fold back the chest bits under the saddle flap (the buckles will end up behind the flap)

Not the prettiest way but does the job - the fold back should clear the horses side beneath the saddle for your leg to go

 

[Angela_Jackson]

Should be quite easy. Chop off the front, bind with tape if you like and add some velcro for girth or sursingle to go through.

I think you will find, as Thermatex rugs are a knitted material, that if you cut them they will just un thread. (If you get what I mean!)

 

[FullThrottle]

My mum is a tailor/dress maker and is gonna help me so it will be hemmed and have tape on the edge not just left, so their will be minimal freying