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Advantages: Much quicker to muck out, cheaper in long term.
Disadvantages: Expensive initial outlay.

I have two horses, one of my stables is rubber matted, the other isn`t. My mare was very messy, mucking out would be time consuming and I would spend a lot on bedding. I tried a variety of different beddings. Straw was really messy. Shavings were much better but they worked out very expensive. I tried different types of chopped straw. I tried one called medibed which was quite expensive and I had to order it. When it was first put down it looked ... Read review

Advantages: Reduces pain in arthritic horses, helps horses with COPD, reduces mucking out time significantly, reduces muck heap dramatically, cheaper in long run, warmer than concrete floor. Less bedding needed so less to store.
Disadvantages: Expensive initial outlay, hard to clean under mats, difficult to move.

I have three horses and have kept horses for over 18 years. Two years ago I moved to ahouse with land and built my own stables. I worked full time, and had just one horse at that time. Moving to a new house meant that I needed to buy a companion horse for my original one, and later I bought another horse for my husband to learn to ride on. I decided to splash out and buy rubber matting, because I was told it was easy to use and cost effective ... Read review

Advantages: Quicker and easier to muck out
Disadvantages: Sawdust can get under edges of mats but using straw may prevent this.

I am now 17 and i have had horses since i was 5 (which is 12 years) and the thing i hated most of all was the mucking out! To gain work experience with other horses i decided to work at a riding school for a week. Well as you can probably imagine there were a lot of boxes to muck out! As i mucked them out i was pleased to discover that some of the boxes had rubber matting. I found that i could muck these boxes out a lot quicker than the ordinary ... Read review