Ireland:Ideal destination for horse riding and equestrian holidays.

There is a strong relationship between Irish people and horses due to the presence of agricultural background from so many years. Irish people are really passionate about horse riding infact most of the equestrian races and competition has Irish person as winner. The Irish Jockeys are considered one of the best in the world and have won Grand National consecutively 3 years.

Ireland is perfect place to enjoy horse riding whether it is a beginner or experienced person. Ireland also organizes horse exhibition where you can buy, sell horse, horse tack such as saddle pads, horse rugs, and other kind of equestrian products. The country also organizes equestrian holidays with families. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery while horse riding. Infact, equestrian tour has become so much popular that tour companies arrange especial arrangement for equestrian holidays.

Whenever, you go to Ireland, must opt for horse riding, I am sure you will definitely enjoy it.

New Zealand Horse Rug(Ideal Horse Rug for winter)

Winter is coming and there is need to protect your horse to get chill and cold. Now the question arises. What kind of horse rugs to buy. To prevent your horse from winter, New zealnd Horse Rug is the ideal horse rug in this winter.

It keeps horse warm and dry when it is out in the field in winter. It is made from cotton and most often comes in green color.

Unlike other horse rugs, New Zealand Horse Rug is heavy and bulky and can result in

Sores in horse body. That’s why most New Zealand horse rugs comes are lined and padded with fleece areas to prevent sores on his body.

New Zealand Rugs normally have a good overlap at the front with front fastening straps providing maximum protection against the elements for the horse.

Use of Horse Blanket

The purpose of horse blanket is to act as a cushion when placed under the saddle.

The Blanket also soaks up sweat or dirt from the horse to make a ride more comfortable for horses. It can also be used for decoration purposes for horses as well home. The best thing is your horse will stand out from the crowd and will become center of attraction. It will become a matter of pride for you.

Some Blankets covers all body parts of horse such as neck, legs, back. Mostly, these blankets are used in winter, to protect horse from cold. These kinds of horse blankets are used when horse have a thin coat or have a habit of remaining in blanket. Using them will also make your horse more attached to you. Horses are sensitive animals and are easily touched by emotions love and care.

Taking Care of Your Horse in winter

Winter is coming, most of them have got heaters in their horse to make their house warm in winter but our horses also need some extra care. I would like to share some tips with you:

• Remove Horse boots: Remove horse shoes if you are not riding in winter since horse boots accumulates snow in them making horse feet cold.
• Whether to use Horse Blanket or not: There are three conditions of horses in winter and depending on its condition it is decided whether to cover him with winter horse blanket or not. These are:
  • Horse sitting idle in winter: If your horse is not working in winter, do not blanket him. The horse has  the habit of growing thick coat of hair to keep them warm from cold winter.
  • Horse working regularly in winter: If you are riding your horse regularly in winter, cover him with horse blankets immediately; brush his hair coat so that hair stands on its own. It prevents the horse sweat which can lead to chill.
  • Horse having the habit of remaining in blanket : If you horse has the habit of remaining in blanket in winter do not change this habit.
• Do not give him cold water to drink: Horses avoid cold water in drinking, warm the water a little bit before giving them to drink.
• Increase his diet: An increase in diet will keep his body temperature warm in winter. Provide them hay in large amount, hay chewing increases its digestion process which leads to heat generation in horse body and helps in normal functioning of its body in winter.

A little bit of extra care for horses during winter will guarantee its safety and good health. If you love your horse, you should do it.

Another Equestrian Theft in UK

The theft involving equestrian products in UK are growing suddenly, recently a man in Hartepool left horse rugs, horse riding equipment like jodhpurs, riding jacket in park to dry.

When he came back, there was not even a single thing left in the park. All were stolen.

About 3000 pound equestrian products were stolen from the park on October 15th at 11:00 am

Police is also searching for it and expects to crack the case soon as they say that these things are unique, if anybody knows about these products can inform the police on (01642) 302126).

Buying a Horse Rugs

Buying a horse rug can be very time consuming, there are lot of variety of horse rugs, and the most difficult part in buying a horse rug is which horse rug is suitable for your horse.
The best way to get familiar is by getting to know the buying and selling horse rugs process.

You can search for horse rugs in online shops, newspapers classifieds local barn, tack. Take your time and do not make any decision in hurry without thinking. Read all the properties of horse rugs note them down in a paper and then decide on buying it.

The first thing is determining what kind of horse rug is suitable for your horse. You can consult a horse rider regarding this; he would be able to tell you more about it. This will help you in selection of suitable horse rugs for your horse.

Type of Horse Blankets

Horse Blankets comes in lot of varieties. It is better to have different blankets for your horse needs. For instance what kind of  horse rugs to use in winter, summer and for rainy season? Different types of horse blankets are

• Stable Blanket: Comes in both heavy and lightweight fabric and is made of cotton. The best thing is that they can be quilted for winter season. Many people use stable horse blankets to keep horse neat and clean after bathing and grooming before competition.
• Flysheet: Flysheet Blankets are suitable for summer season. They are lightweight, breathable materials and provide protection to horses from mosquitoes and other biting insects. Ideal for both indoor and outdoor wear.
• Turn Out Horse Blanket: Suitable when horse needs to travel in cold and rainy season. These blankets have several straps one across the chest, one or two under the belly and one under the tail to keep the blanket secure in place and fairly tight to the body.
• Coolers and Anti-Sweat Sheets: Coolers and anti-sweat sheets are used in races and competition. Coolers and anti-sweat sheets slow the rate of evaporation to allow horse to cool down minimizing the problems with rapid temperature changes in the joints and muscles.

Taking Care of Old Horse

With improvement in health and medicine, horses are living longer and healthier life than their previous generation. In old days, horse life was not more than 20 years. It was hard to find any horse living more than 20 years. But now, 20 have become norm, mostly horses’ live up to 30 years nowadays. Some people think horse is of no use when grown old, but it’s not necessarily true, you just have to show little care towards your horse for using him.

Here are some tips to show proper care of horse .

• Put your old horse away from young and aggressive horse, so that they won’t attack him and he doesn’t need to compete for feed.
• Groom your horse regularly for blood circulation and skin health.
• Always use high quality horse rugs to protect him from extreme heat and cold.
• Check your horse once a week for unusual lumps or growth from head to tail. These are the signs of tumor and older horses have frequency of getting it, if your horse is shown symptoms, call vet immediately.
• Feed him two or three times in a day.
• Always provide him fresh and clean water for drinking. Do not provide too cold water for drinking, old horse can get sever problem on drinking it.
• Mix a bucket of warm water with handful of salt and barn. It helps in protecting your horse from diseases and you don’t need to call vet for long time.

Importance of Horse Rugs/Blankets

With the inclusion of horse racing in Olympics horses are extensively used in racing.

With that, it has also become necessary to protect horse’s nature’s elements. They need to be sheltered from cold, heat and rain. Horse Rugs are perfect way to save your horses. Without blanket, there is a strong chance of your horse getting ill. There are different types of horse rugs decided on your horse needs. These are:

• Color and Anti-Sweat Rugs: - Prevent the horse from getting chills after long running. They also help in keeping off flies from horse.
• Fly Sheet or Rug: Protect the horse from insects and flies while grazing in field. They ensure to provide complete protection to horses.
• Summer Sheet: Protect horses from dusts and flies rugs. In comparison with other rugs they are lighter in weight and perfect to use for traveling.
• Under Blankets or Liners: Protect horses from friction from stable rugs. They are placed underneath rugs comes in variety of sizes. Mostly they are made of wool, but now are also available in lightweight clothes.
• Stable rugs: Protect the horse from cold in winter. These rugs are thick, but breathable which evaporate sweat from horse body.
• Turnout Rugs: Keep horse neat and clean when they are in field, they are quite long covering up to horse belly. These horse rugs consist of pleats on their shoulders for easy movement. Turnout rugs vary from light weight with no filling for summer, and heavy weight with filling for the winter.

Always remember one thing horses are not like machines which can be repaired againg and again and thrown out in garbage once they stop working. For wining a horse race, it is very important to have synchroinzation between horse rider and horse and for that you need to show love proper care to your horse.

Which is better for horse-horse boots or horse bandages

It is an ongoing debate among horse community which is better product to protect your horse from injury horse boots or horse bandages.

Both product have their advantages,if you want to protect your horse legs from injury then it is better to go for horse boots.The horse boots can protect your horse from ramming into the rails fence, to twisting, to banging a tendon with an errant hind foot.

Mostly people opt for horse boots for support but they do not offer any support. If you are looking for horse support it is better to go for horse bandages.

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