what horsey product do you ever regret buying?

Ooh where to start!

2 x leathers boots (one set Regent and i set an italian exp make but have not got round to selling either since i got my new Ariat Bromonts)

Any Rhineghold rugs,stupidly bought a selection once and they actually wern't that cheap! stupid me,cut for a byson on steroids.

Another vote for the spinning Likit holder thingy,i gave it un used to a teenage girl when i left a yard once,found the likit things sent my mare loopy but then again anything does!

Mark Todd travel boots in cob size burgundy,my mare had a bad accident in the trailer as she stood on one shook it off and fell over in the process :( it scarred her menatally for a long time.Now travel in gamgee and bandages or brushing boots allround and o/r boots all round.

Various girths,bits and numnahs!!!

Rugs,millions hardly used that are just a wee bit too small for my current horses,saved from my pony days!

And another vote for a online car boot!!! I have far too many things to mention and loads of top quality stuff ;)
 
On the subject of Wintecs. I generally hated them too as have bought 2 in the past,one for my welsh mare who is really only hacking these days and i sold her v exp Black Country show saddle when she went out on loan and got her a new Wintec,seems to do the job as she is a bog standard wide fitting. Also got one back then for my just turned 4yr old and it was wide wintec saddle,awful awful. Paid £375 for it,tried it once and sold it for a lot less 2 weeks later!
Saying that,this week saddler has been and we went through 20 leather saddles on my anglo arab and not one his size looked ok,he put the new shape gp Wintec on and it felt sooo nice,they have improved the model a lot. He's only really hacking now and odd endurance so that will be fine me thinks.
 
another one for bungee reins...
useless for me!

another extensive collection of snaffles (not even joking to say I have nearly every snaffle you can get, some in copper, sweet iron and stainless steel...!)
 
Nope. Not sold. Shall never be a wintec convert for as long as I live, lol :p

I could start a shils inspired post on them.... ;) :P
 
oh god allsorts of rubbish- especially other people's tat off ebay :eek:
most especially though:

- cheap reins (never fun when they snap going XC)
- supplements like farriers formula and cortaflex. spent a fortunre, have noticed no difference when not using them
- knee chaps. faintly ridiculous
- cheap rugs that don't fit- requish!t being the main culprits
- 500 different joules polo shirts
- wintec saddle for backing my 4 year old. sat in it once, felt unsafe, reverted to 1k albion for breaking :rolleyes:
- paddle bridle bag. why oh why?
- cheap and nasty kincade bridle
- de gogue, never used it.

i could go on and on.... :rolleyes: now i am super skint and i buy nothing. despite fact that my chaps broke and my boots are letting in water :D
 
The stupidest horsey thing we own is the quick release rubber pull ties thing - well, at least, they WERE until we got the baby. I do quite like them for the little one cos I'd rather they snap quicker than her panic and never let me tie her up again!

BUT with the older two, particularly the big boy, he learnt pretty quick that a sharp pull back and they just snap in half!!

Cheap hoof picks.

The foal headcollar that she grew out of it about 30 seconds..!

Numerous fly sprays....

Shall I go on?!
 
Oh and cortaflex is a waste of money. Might as well burn the money!

However, HorseFirsts My Joints is doing a cracking job xxx
 
Robinsons Bridle, was completely pants
Some random £13 bottle of fly spray which works on the little pony on the yard i'm at, but not bella?!
Loads of random stuff like sponges and dinner covers and stuff.

Oh and, i LOVE pink jodhs haha. Cream ones + me = Black within a few minutes :D Oh and my wintec is really good, not fallen off jumping in it, but i know this is kind of good, but the stirrups fall off alot cos the bars are quite strange, and often they fall off at inappropriate times haha
 
Binky01 said:
Nope. Not sold. Shall never be a wintec convert for as long as I live, lol :p

I could start a shils inspired post on them.... ;) :P
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Def not trying to convert anyone,you can't with saddles in general! I'm def not a convert either but after about an hour on one horse (saddler was there to do all 3) trying 20+ different saddles this was the one that felt closest to him,didn't move and he went better in it than his current one and anything else. Also as i have 3 soon to be back to 4 horses and on the same day i purchased a Albion wembley for another horse,it suited my budget!! ;)
 
I have thought of a couple more:-

I bought a lovely hunt coat not long after I had a baby - it's far too big for me now!

I also bought a Polar heart monitor when I found out my horse had A-Fib, only used it twice, then retired him. :(
 
Mark Todd fly sheet. Nothing wrong with the sheet, I'm sure it would do the job perfectly but all the other horses in his field took one look and went beserk. :( Then one plucked up courage to come and investigate what this new monster was and for the next hour chased my poor boy round the field.:mad: I rescued him, took it off, they said "Oh it's you" and wandered off and I haven't dared use it since.:rolleyes:
 
I bought a new fly mask for my Mare a few weeks ago, was a fair amount (I think it was £25.99). It is rubbish, rubed heer jaw line raw in 12 hours :-(
Stick with what I trust from now on, lesson learnt!

Lis
 
il happily take any free donations :D haha!! especially if anyone wants to give me there equisage :D :D :D 5* home awaiting :D and a very appreciative horse :D
 
A treeless saddle! After reading wonderful testimonies from people online I was convinced my horse needed one. I bought a new one and my God, the thing was hideous! Poor quality leather and workmanship, you couldn't mount properly and felt like a child in one of those basket saddles once you were on. No difference in the horse's way of going either. Back to my treed saddle after using it twice!

I'm also terrible for buying jackets in the sales that will probably never get worn :rolleyes:
 
Where do I start. I have a garage full of impluse buys

Back protector - bought it, lost two stone and it doesn't fit and has never been worn.
Pessoa thing - still in packet and in a box somewhere
Magnetic rug - bought it for the horse and sold the horse a week after rug arrived.
phone holder for arm. Phone is too big
fly masks - not sure why I bought them. no matter how warm it gets my field is always windy so I never have flies.
Girths - 6 throwgood ones from 42 to 48" barely used.

I'm going to stop this list now as I am depressing myself.
 
Long reins, side reins, draw reins, a rubber mullen mouth bit so fat his mouth was actually open,, a cheap leather bridle (broke first time used) all to start my boy - haven't used most of it, thank god. All ebay - ing thinking "I must have, I need, I buy". *sigh*.

a pair of "mulberry and tartan"muckers. You read that right. Cannot even bear to look at them, the most hideous things out there, but they were in a sale. *sigh*

A likit hanging thingy set - despite me getting to the stage of biting it myself, he would not even sniff the damned thing. And why don't likit do HEALTHY licks anyway ?

a heather moffat seat saver. I was perched on, and found it rubbed me nether region to the extent that I had to wear padded cycling shorts - not the intention.

Various creams, potions and lotions, when I'm an aromatherapist and always end up making my own anyway.

Rydale malham boots - the stitching is coming away after three months, and even cleaned, they look like they never have been *sigh*

A long wax riding coat that makes me look 20 years older.

A pair of waterproof denim like jodphurs, two sizes too big cos i felt fat. Worn once, fell down and that was that £55 quid a throw. I hate buying jods.

Why why why ? sm x
 
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shysmum said:
a pair of "mulberry and tartan"muckers. You read that right. Cannot even bear to look at them, the most hideous things out there, but they were in a sale. *sigh*
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Me too! In their defence, they're great in the winter although I had to cut the tongue in half so they would stay shut!

It would probably be easier to say what what haven't I bought that I don't actually need. Seriously, if someone wants something just ask, it might be knocking around here somewhere.

An on-line sale sounds like a great idea. H&H should set up their own one, they'd make a bomb on commission.
 
you bought them too ?? omg, that makes me feel soooo much better. You're braver than me wearing them - I might even take a pic and put it on here. Spose they would look good covered in mud. I have just been using a six year old pair that are falling apart and split on the soles, letting in every drop of water rather than get them out of the cupboard ! :D
 
a muzzle for my retired pony, he was so determined to get grass he only had it on for about 11 or 12 hours one day and he rubbed all the hair and skin of his nose and it was very sore. Use stavation paddock now, when he can go out that is.
 
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Mulberry Tartan Muckers wins the top prize for sure!!!! At least they weren't Burberry Tartan Muckers... now that would be funny!! I would almost take them off you as I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere with only the horses and sheep to laugh at them - an I don't care what they think... so I keep trying to convince myself!!!

My list

A Gelee fish front riser
Cheap rugs
pair of harry hall jods of ebay lovely except they just come below my knee (clearly the victim of someone who sells shrunk clothes on ebay but I'm too busy to do anything about it!)
Loads of cheap reins... keep trying to find a pair of eventa reins for nothing... have now spent the equivalent in cheap reins d'oh
lots of body protectors...

I need banning from ebay.
 
catembi said:
Would say jolly ball as one was knocking around the field for 10 years with various horses not even faintly interested in it...but then we got a Rottie & he absolutely loves it to bits. So much so that I recently got him another one as the first one finally died after over a year of hard daily play.
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Had exactly the same thing happen with my Jolly Ball. Must be a Rottie thing
 
shysmum said:
you bought them too ?? omg, that makes me feel soooo much better. You're braver than me wearing them - I might even take a pic and put it on here. Spose they would look good covered in mud. I have just been using a six year old pair that are falling apart and split on the soles, letting in every drop of water rather than get them out of the cupboard ! :D
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Lol, but nobody sees me, I'm stuck here on my own miles from anywhere so you'd be surprised what I get away with wearing down here but I agree with you, I wouldn't wear them in public but at £7.99 I'm not complaining and they've lasted me far longer than any other Muckers I've had! :eek::D:D:D
 
I bought a gillet at Burghley a couple of years ago that I actually decided I hated as soon as I got home, so I'm not sure why it seemed a good idea at the time! :o
 
A lunging cavasson - NEVER use it, always just thread the lunge line through the bit and over their poll...

Cheapo fleece rug from Lidl - looks vile and so has never been worn!

'Leg trainer straps' that tie your stirrups to the girth - broke on first use and far too long to be effective anyway


Ahh all this wasted money. But the tradestands are always far too tempting!
 
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