Horse Care

Advantages: cheap and easy to apply
Disadvantages: might need to buy a brush to apply

Firstly the picture is wrong - this is a picture of saddle soap not the hoof oil which is liquid and comes in a tin container. This product has been going for many years at least 30 and is the traditional style hoof oil and that is why I prefer it. Many of the modern versions are solid so quite hard to apply and very expensive. This is made from vegetable oils and you can get it in two colours black and natural. I have natural. Its cheap at about ...
...more if you dont use it every day - I don't I use it about once a week, more in the summer if I am going to competitions and when its hot and his hooves get a bit dry. If you buy it if you do not already have one you will need to buy a brush to apply it you can use a small paint brush or buy a hoof oil brush from the tack shop neither of which are expensive. The hoof oil makes my horses hooves look smart and conditions them too. It is very easy ... Read review

Advantages: Colour enhancing.
Disadvantages: Slightly expensive.

...are for protection. Champion Tails Shampoo and Conditioner. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Champion Tails is the name of the shampoo and conditioner. It does not mean that you can only use it on the tail. It is available in several colours and sizes. The most common size seems to be 250ml retailing at £8.99. This is on the expensive side, but a lot are this price and sometimes it is better to pay more if the quality ...
...it through and apply the Champion Tails conditioner. I leave in on for about 5 minutes, wash it off and apply some more. I then leave it on for another 5 minutes and them comb through the tail. The conditioner claims to condition and create extra body to the tail and fulness by seperating strands, fluffs hair, provides bulk and revitalises the hair. The reason I do it twice is that it seems to achieve excellent results. I am not saying that the results ... Read review

Advantages: Minimises wastage
Disadvantages: Horses manage to pull all the hay through the hole!

...solution! I came across the cottage craft feed bag and thought it might solve all my problems!! It opted for the large as both my horses are over 16.2hh! and eat alot of hay and hayledge and it seemed to be ideal. The price wasnt too bad for something which was going to be an experiment so I bought two, they only came in green which was a bit poor considering cottage craft have been going for years and yet you had a choice of one colour! It is ...
...and they werent hard to fill which saves a bit of time as normal haynets can get knotted. However, my horses managed to pull out their hay all in one go it seemed through the hole which was annoying and I had to keep re-filling it! I now keep them for the horsebox as it does minimise wastage in there. I would suggest it to somebody to use in a trailer or horsebox but for everyday use I think Im just going to stink to a small holed haynet! ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, many colours to choose from.
Disadvantages: Cant be too tight or too loose

My one horse is an Oldenburg and he has very fine hair and very thin skin if that makes sense! So after a few months I started to notice on his legs he was losing a bit of hair, which was a bit worrying. After thinking about it I suddenly realised his brushing boots were starting to rub away his hair, especially when he sweated. After going to my local saddlers I came away with a pack of 4 fleece exercise banages in the Lilac colour (he is a grey ...
...to try them on him! As they are fleece you dont need to use the gamgee underneath them as they dont rub! Now after using them for nearly a year his fur has grown back and his hasnt rubbed since which is great! They are great to wash, they dont shrink if you tumble dry them and they come up looking as good as new. However the only downside is, if you have never used bandages before or you dont put them on tight enough they can unravel and fall ... Read review

Advantages: Come in several colours and sizes. Very Useful.
Disadvantages: None

After my experience with the cottage craft hay bag! I decided I needed to try something else to minimise wastage which was costing me alot of money!! I have the normal sized haynets and the ones with the very large holes but I needed something a bit smaller. After searching the internet I came across these nets which werent badly priced so I thought id give thm a try. They come in three colours, red, green and blue and two different sizes small ...
...in each size as i thought they would be useful. When I got them and got them out of their packaging they seemed really hardwearing and durable which is needed as they dont half get a battering by hungry horses!! So far my horses have made less mess which is what I wanted and i have also noticed that it has slowed down their eating which is ideal for their digestion, as when a horse eats at a rate of knotts it certainly isnt good for them. I will ... Read review