Swish Equestrian Blog

We are thrilled to have received the best score in Dr David Marlin's - Rate Your Rugs test! Take a look through these 4 photos to see the results... Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We are a small, family run business and feedback like this means everything to us. We may be small but we hold our own against the big brands and are excited to continue improving and growing our brand. We have exciting things to come! To read more about this test and the results follow this link: https://www.drdavidmarlin.com/rug-survey-results/

During the winter months our horses tend to spend a lot more timein their stable compared to other seasons. Lots of yards reduceturnout hours, people with limited grazing try to stop their land frombecoming a mud bath by restricting grazing and some horses doseem to prefer to come in on a night in bad winter weather! Whenhorses are spending many hours in their stable we want to makesure they are as comfortable as possible. One way we can do thisis to make sure we pick the correct weight winter stable rug. It isimportant to remember that each horse is unique so there is notone...

Turnout & Stable Rug Weight Guide: We often get asked "What weight turnout rug should I use?" and "What weight stable rug should i use?". As with people, horses are all very unique! Some horses feel the cold more, some carry more weight, some are good doers, some are clipped. This list goes on! A fully clipped thoroughbred in full work is going to need a lot more fill than a hairy, chunky welsh cob. We check weather apps multiple times a day and which rug to put on is always a frequent conversation at our stables, is it at yours?! We find our...

Our first dog coat launched this year and we have seen a fantastic response. We are very grateful for all the orders, thank you! We have a few tweaks to make to next years design and we will also be brining out some more colours so watch this space!  Here are a few pictures of our waterproof dog coat in action! Click here for more information on our dog coats.

Feature Blog Post From Toni at CuttleBone Photography  Finding A Rug To Fit Her Beautiful Arabian Gelding Raphael. Living in the U.K. where the weather is unpredictable and rain can happen at any point doubled with the fact that Raph is kept on a farm on top of a hill, meant that choosing a perfectly fitting rug was even more important.  I’ve tried numerous rugs on him over the year I’ve had him for and while some fit ok, most were just too large on his Arabian chest and would slip backwards.  After reading a great review on Swish I...