Horse blanket

A horse blanket is a blanket for a horse, which, inter alia, from the cold, moisture, insects protects.

Material and Usage

In the horse care blankets are used from different tissues depending on the use.

Fly Sheet

Fly rugs are made of mesh. A net blanket is especially horses that have an insect allergy or whose skin is sensitive to bites, protect against insect bites. Cotton Fly rugs are more grobmaschig.Ekzemer blankets are made ​​of synthetic fibers, often so that the insects can not penetrate with neck piece and very fine mesh.

Cooler

Coolers are made of rather thin, moisture aufnehmendem ( for example, cotton) or wicking fabric (eg polyester fleece ). A rug protects a wet Sweat horse against cold drafts, absorbs the moisture from the horse's body and releases it to the outside. The horse is faster dry and cold not so easy. In equestrian events a blanket with an emblem of the tournament the winning horse receives frequent than price. Winners covers are usually Sweat.

Outdoor Rug

Pasture blankets are available as unlined rain ceiling or as thick willow winter blankets. Pasture covers are made ​​of durable and waterproof material (eg 1000 Denier nylon material). A waxed horse blanket is strongly impregnated from the outside, so that, for example, rain can not penetrate. It is often used in bad weather for horses with paddocks, grazing or in loose housing. A vorteiliger for horse owners side effect is that the horse is less dirty when it wallows in the mud. There are also pasture ceiling under which the horse can abschwitzen. Such ceilings are equipped with a semipermeable membrane and are relatively expensive.

Winter blanket

There are stall - winter blankets and Willow winter blankets. Thermal blankets are padded blankets that are warmer by the thick padding.

Longierdecke

Longierdecken or threading machines ceilings are characterized by much Schulterfreihiet, so the horse can move freely. For this purpose softshell material is used frequently.

Ausreit and kidney ceiling

Exercise sheets are blankets that protect the kidneys of the horse while riding in the cold. Exercise sheets are mostly thermal blankets. Ausreitdecken range from the withers to the croup and have a saddle cut-out. Ausreitdecken are mostly rain ceilings.

Accessories

Some horse blankets are provided with belly flap, neck or additional headers. Ceilings, which are carried by horses without human oversight, such as willow blankets, stable blankets or fly rugs are usually equipped with cross straps and leg straps so they do not slip.