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| 10 Essential Facts About Horse Turnout Rugs |
By:
Jamie Simpson |
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Turnout rugs are used to protect your horse and come in many different colours, weights and sizes. Here are ten essential facts to help you get to grips with horse rugs:
1. Turnout rugs are designed to keep your horse clean, dry and warm when turned out in the field. Protecting your horse from the elements, turnout rugs offer many welfare benefits to the horse.
2. Turnout rugs are measured in feet and inches in the UK. This measurement is taken from the centre of the horse's chest in a straight line along the horse's side to a point level with the top of the horse's tail.
3. Rug sizes and cuts can vary depending on which brand you purchase. Often you will find a brand that suits your horse best, such as Weatherbeeta horse rugs, Masta horse rugs or Mark Todd rugs.
4. A rug with an integral attached neck is called full neck or combo turnout rug. This means that the rug extends to just behind the horse's ears. Rugs which do not cover the neck, instead finishing at the withers, are called 'standard neck' rugs. Most brands offer
5. The insulating filling of the rug is usually called 'weight' and is measured in grams per square metre. Turnout rugs are available in lightweight (no fill to 110g of filling), mediumweight (120g-250g) and heavyweight (over 250g of filling, sometimes up to over 400g).
6. Turnout rugs ideally need to be breathable as well as waterproof. Advances in material technology now allow for rugs which can keep your horse dry from the outside and yet allow sweat and moisture to escape from the inside, ensuring maximum levels of comfort for your horse.
7. The Denier of the rug refers to the strength of the outer fabric of the rug; the higher the Denier, the stronger the rug. Turnout rugs usually have a Denier of between 600 and 1800.
8. When rugs are described as being ripstop, this does not mean that they cannot rip! Ripstop fabric is especially designed to help prevent small rips from extending into large tears, by altering the weave of the fabric. However if placed under enough pressure the rug will rip as a safety mechanism to protect your horse from becoming stuck or injured.
9. Turnout rug attachments need to be correctly adjusted in order to ensure that the rug remains securely in place. All rugs will feature at least one, usually two, chest attachments, usually a strap and buckle or clip. Cross surcingles are straps that pass under the horse's belly and fasten on the near (left hand) side of the horse. Finally rugs will feature either leg straps and/or a filet string, which passes underneath the horse's tail, to keep the rear of the rug in place.
10. It is always best to invest in at least two turnout rugs to last you through a winter. This enables you to leave one rug to dry after wet weather whilst still having another to protect your horse from the elements.
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A wide range of turnout rugs are available at great prices from http://www.equestrianclearance.com/products/horse_wear/rugs/index.html |
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