What rugs are your clipped horses out in /new horse rug help

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What weight rug are your clipped horses currently out in?

New horse arriving this weekend and is a lot bigger then previous ones so am having to buy everything- looking at rugs - need to get a few for when she first arrives then will add to later.
She will have been re clipped (full) can stay out 24/7 a little longer (currently is out 24/7) or can start coming in at night now. Apparently a hot horse.
Obviously will know more when I've had her a bit longer but for right now am feeling a little stuck..
 
it's up to you. if she is a hot horse while it is still warm i wouldn't be putting many rugs on - probably a lightweight - that would be true if in or out. if she is happy being out it might be worth keeping her out for a few nights to settle into her new home, especially as she has been out where she is 24/7.
 
Mine is a 16h WB with a hunter clip that needs re doing this weekend. He is in a no fill turnout in the field and a summer sheet tonight in his stable. On some of the colder nights we've had he's had a 50g rug on in his stable. I have a 100g turnout ready for when it gets a bit colder, but he certainly hasn't needed it yet!

Enjoy your new horse! Exciting!
 
One trace clipped no fill no neck.
Three have chaser clips with the neck right out two are in no fills with necks and one in a 100g with a no fill neck .
It's so dependant on the horse and field where it's kept as well as the weather .
 
My daughters pony with only a trace clip in a no fill. She did wear a 100g for a couple of days/nights this weekend as high winds and very exposed field. She is an old horse with little weight on so I rug slightly warmer for her. If she comes in at all no rug day and a fleece night as not windy in the stable!
 
I'd get a no fill turnout, a 100g under-rug and a 200g turnout, then you should be able to cover all eventualities. You will then have the choice of:

* No fill
* 100g (no fill turnout plus under-rug)
* 200g
* 300g (200g turnout plus under-rug)

Which will probably do you the winter if she is a hot horse, but will certainly do you for the next couple of months. You will have time to get to know her before the weather gets really cold and whether she needs a 400g turnout as well.
 
2yo welsh stallion is in 200g full neck out in the day and 100g normal neck stabled at night.

he has NO coat though and has been kept rugged and show produced all summer so not a typical tough native!
 
TGM said:
I'd get a no fill turnout, a 100g under-rug and a 200g turnout, then you should be able to cover all eventualities. You will then have the choice of:

* No fill
* 100g (no fill turnout plus under-rug)
* 200g
* 300g (200g turnout plus under-rug)

Which will probably do you the winter if she is a hot horse, but will certainly do you for the next couple of months. You will have time to get to know her before the weather gets really cold and whether she needs a 400g turnout as well.
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This sounds a good plan ^^

FWIW my small ISH is on her second full clip and wearing a 200g no neck day and night. She's just right and was too hot with a neck on. Once it acctually gets cold, i have a couple of stable rugs which go under or over her big turnouts over night, but she keeps the turnouts on all the time so our rug wardrobe is acctually quite small. . . it would be smaller but i have to have two each of her winter weight rugs as shes so minging the first lot sually have to go in to be washed part way through the winter else they'd stand up and run off on their own!!
 
I don’t like no fills but you could buy a 50g turnout and a stable rug and even a fleece (equivalent to 100g normally) and that should cover all bases for now. They can be used together if needed.
 
My mare is fully clipped and currently out during the day naked as it's so warm and she has been overheating in even a lightweight.

Even in the depths of winter she will usually only wear the maximum of a 200g fill. Mostly she's just in her 100g.

If I were you I would get a no fill, a 100g fill and a 200g fill and see how you get on with those for now. My 100g fill is my favourite rug. Ideal for those autumn days when it's wet and warm as they aren't too hot, but the fill stops them soaking through.
 
TGM said:
I'd get a no fill turnout, a 100g under-rug and a 200g turnout, then you should be able to cover all eventualities. You will then have the choice of:

* No fill
* 100g (no fill turnout plus under-rug)
* 200g
* 300g (200g turnout plus under-rug)

Which will probably do you the winter if she is a hot horse, but will certainly do you for the next couple of months. You will have time to get to know her before the weather gets really cold and whether she needs a 400g turnout as well.
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I think this is a good plan too. My hot one is clipped out and today has nothing on :eek3: I put a 0g on her but checked back 5 mins later and because it's a still sunny day here she's boiling!

But she's been wearing a 0g to keep the wind and drizzle off outdoors this week, and a cooler rug in her stable overnight (barn stables so very sheltered).

Last winter the most I put on her was 150g... she really is a very warm little soul. When she lived out in a very exposed place I sometimes needed a 250g.
 
I have been having a right nightmare with rugs as I too am about to embark on my first winter with my horse!

I have ordered soooo many but I have two that I am over the moon with as they are light but have a little warmth.

1 - Amigo Bravo 30g turn out, my fav! the lowest fill I could find and I can use it most days at the moment.
2 - Swish - they have a 50g and a 75 g detectable neck rugs (1680 denier!!! so super quality but not heavy) and these to are at the ready for when the temp drops a bit more net week

naza said:
What weight rug are your clipped horses currently out in?

New horse arriving this weekend and is a lot bigger then previous ones so am having to buy everything- looking at rugs - need to get a few for when she first arrives then will add to later.
She will have been re clipped (full) can stay out 24/7 a little longer (currently is out 24/7) or can start coming in at night now. Apparently a hot horse.
Obviously will know more when I've had her a bit longer but for right now am feeling a little stuck..
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We've got a hunter clip and a rain sheet at the moment. She's in at night and if I'm going up in the morning I've been leaving her rugless overnight. It's mild, she's hot. I doubt she'll need much more that an extra fleece underneath and the neck on the rain sheet most of the winter. She was blanket clipped last year and never needed more than rain sheet and fleece no neck. She's a big but compact type though so low surface area to volume ratio... therefore less heat loss generally... and a good doer.
 
Amigo bravo 30g is only available from a website called Kramer, they ship from Germany so it took about 5 days to arrive but worth the wait :D
Horsekaren said:
I have been having a right nightmare with rugs as I too am about to embark on my first winter with my horse!

I have ordered soooo many but I have two that I am over the moon with as they are light but have a little warmth.

1 - Amigo Bravo 30g turn out, my fav! the lowest fill I could find and I can use it most days at the moment.
2 - Swish - they have a 50g and a 75 g detectable neck rugs (1680 denier!!! so super quality but not heavy) and these to are at the ready for when the temp drops a bit more net week
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I've got clipped horse with a 50g turnout and a 100g rug liner underneath - both full neck. Temps at night aren't going below 9 degrees at the moment. If it gets cold I'll swap the 50g turnout for a 200g medium weight.
 
I have one with a blanket clip, and he still has no rugs on at all generally. He has a rainsheet on for 12 hours on Monday as he was being ridden in the afternoon, and it was raining; but other than that he hasn't had a rug on yet.
 
My mare has a trace and isnt rugged. She was rugged over night twice last week when we had that heavy wind and rain forecast but since then she has been naked. When the weather app says 5 degrees I will start thinking about rugging BUT at 5 degrees overnight it needs to be raining as well. Everyone is so obsessed with over rugging it drives me insane. Thank god I keep mine at home so I dont get caught up in all the drama!

Start thinking about rugging at 5 degrees .. take it from there!
 
For economical yet good quality rugs, I recommend Ruggles and none of their rugs are less than 1200 denier. They are well made, fit well and last well. I would get a no fill, 50g fill and 100g fill. They are slightly warmer than most rugs so I don't think you will need more than the 100g fill until the worst of the weather comes. I would get just one neck rug that fits all.
 
Antw23uk said:
My mare has a trace and isnt rugged. She was rugged over night twice last week when we had that heavy wind and rain forecast but since then she has been naked. When the weather app says 5 degrees I will start thinking about rugging BUT at 5 degrees overnight it needs to be raining as well. Everyone is so obsessed with over rugging it drives me insane. Thank god I keep mine at home so I dont get caught up in all the drama!

Start thinking about rugging at 5 degrees .. take it from there!
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But a trace clip is a lot different from the full clip that the OP's horse is having, and a trace clipped horse is going to stay a lot warmer because so much hair is left on whereas the fully clipped horse will have none! Whilst I am not a fan of over-rugging either, and often won't rug a horse at all if it is not clipped, I do think when you fully clip a horse you do have to be prepared to rug it!
 
Antw23uk said:
My mare has a trace and isnt rugged. She was rugged over night twice last week when we had that heavy wind and rain forecast but since then she has been naked. When the weather app says 5 degrees I will start thinking about rugging BUT at 5 degrees overnight it needs to be raining as well. Everyone is so obsessed with over rugging it drives me insane. Thank god I keep mine at home so I dont get caught up in all the drama!


Start thinking about rugging at 5 degrees .. take it from there!
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Handy hint ,
A fully clipped out horse needs rugging before it's five degrees
 
THanks everyone!
I think I will do what an earlier poster said and get a rainsheet, 100g & 300g and then an under rug.
With regards to sizing of an under rug- should you go down a size or stay with what size the outer rug is ? Just thinking if I am going to use it under a turnout would it need to be slightly smaller?
 
My chaser clipped pony is out naked still. It was 2 degrees this morning when I got to the field. He was fine.

For a fully clipped horse though they should be absolutely fine naked through the day however would be worth popping a light rug on overnight, nothing heavy, 50 grams should be sufficient.
 
It was about 6 degrees here first thing. Mine is newly clipped out, face, most of his legs etc. He has a sherpa fleece overnight in a brick stable in a courtyard so reasonably sheltered. He was lovely and warm this morning. Hes gone out in a 100gm no neck although I did dither for ages about putting a heavier one or a neck. In the end I chucked him out and just left a msg for him to come in if he looked cold or fed up, so he will be ok.
 
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