As I've seen some great black Friday deals over the weekend and they've come to my email inbox in a great amount, I've decided to put a blog post together some of the best deals on sites I've found. 

Ever been on the Harry Hall website and seen something you wanted then seen the discounted price if you're a member and have insurance with them and wished you could get it at that price? Well you now can for black Friday, they've selected some products and have put the all customer prices down to the members prices. There's some great steals over there, from rugs to clothing. You can see the deals here.

Don't forget Harry Hall now have Masta on their site, this is a great time to stock up on those winter and summer rugs. 

If you head over to the Robinson's Equestrian site they also have some great deals on, but for every £100 you spend online or in their store you will receive a £20 voucher back. Making whatever you spend at least £20 less, extra savings. 

Up next is Equine Superstore they have some great deals on, offering up to 65% off. They have £100 off the Rambo Duo heavy turnout, I feel this is a great deal and not something you'd find everyday.  Also with orders over £100 you get a free pair of Dublin Welly socks and a Toggi Navigator Utility bag for free worth £59.99 for the two. 

Then there's the Naylors Equestrian Black Friday Accumulator, this has been ongoing for a few days before black Friday and a new offer was added each day. Naylors are offering up to 50% off Ariat footwear, 20% off Joules Autumn/Winter clothing & footwear, 30% off Regatta outdoor clothing, 15% off Mountain Horse clothing & footwear, 20% off Dublin clothing & footwear, 20% off Horseware, Shires & Weatherbeeta rugs, 20% off Hunter and 15% off Horseware clothing & footwear

Horze are offering up to 70% off on some products, they're are some great rugs from £6.90. You can find all their offers here. 

Make sure to make the most of these offers as most of them either finish tonight or tomorrow night. 

Shires Tempest 300g Combo Review

I know it's a bit late on in the year but I just had to write my review on this rug now, it couldn't wait until next winter. Although I bet there are some clipped or even unclipped horses out there now still in medium-heavy or heavy weight rugs the weather has been so awful in this country recently. And with another set of bad weather supposed to be on it's way soon before we get the nice weather I thought I'd throw this in there now. This is a great rug to have if a heavyweight is too warm and a medium weight is too cold. 

This is the Shires Tempest Original 300g Combo Rug. 

Some of the key features for this rug are:

- 600D ripstop

- Breathable ShireTex Outer

- 300G Quilted Polyfill

- Tapered Seams

- Blanket Set Breast Fastenings

- Velcro Closure on Neck

- Adjustable Cross Surcingles & Fillet String

& A Tail Flap.

To the left is a picture of Legacy when she first got the rug, before she went out and rolled in it to cover it in mud. 
The rug fits her body shape really well, she's had no rubs on her shoulders, withers or her mane. I know that some people really struggle to find combo rugs that don't rub away any part of the mane. 
I've always been really lucky with Legacy and all of her combo rugs have fit really well and I've been able to avoid this. 
This rug has a nice sized neck that doesn't leave too much behind the ears exposed, another great part about this neck is that it stays in place and doesn't slip down towards the body. There is a velcro neck closure on the neck where it folds back on itself through rings for security. 
The tail flap on this rug may only be small in comparison to others but it's attached in a way it gives great protection from the weather elements. It always stays down and never flaps back up onto the body of the horse.




Although this rug is only 600D, it's managed to survive 2 winters without any rips or leaks. Legacy is good when it comes to not making holes in rugs and looks after them but there is bit's of barbed wire around the field because of the sheep so there is always that possibility when the horses are playing or trying to get to grass. 
Legacy has worn this rug in some bad weather this winter including some of the recent storms and it has held up really well. Not once has the rain been too much and the rug has started to leak or get damp. 

Overall I would really recommend this rug and I would definitely consider buying a Shires rug when I'm in need of one next. 

My Rug Buying Obsession.

My name is Pheobe and I have a rug buying obsession. I hate to admit it buy it's something I just can't stop buying and if I manage to not buy I spend a lot of time searching and finding the best deals. Although I love to build Legacy's rug collection, I always make sure I buy them in the sales. Save money where I can ;) 

Her current collection of turnouts include;

Weatherbeeta Genero No Fill Standard Neck.

Gallop 100g Standard Neck.

Derby House 200g Standard Neck.

Weatherbeeta Genero 220g Combo Neck.

Shires Tempest 300g Combo Neck.

360g Genero Combo Neck.

Now that's her main collection with her having a 360g Detachable neck rug as a spare.

When the weights of the rugs get heavier I like to make sure she has a spare or more than one around that weight just in case anything happens. She's very good at keeping her rugs in good condition minus the mud and most of her rugs are 1200D, but I like to be on the safe side to prevent her having to stay in her stable if anything ever happened to her rug. 

She also has many of stable rugs;

2x 100g Standard Neck.

220g Standard Neck.

2x 300g Standard Neck.

360g Standard Neck. 

All her stable rugs are Weatherbeeta apart from her 300g's which are Gallop & Harrison Howard.

After that she also has a standard neck fleece, a scrim cooler, fly rug, ride on fleece exercise rug and a hi-viz net ride on sheet.

At the moment I am searching for a new 100g standard neck for her, eyeing up the new Weatherbeeta Genero 100g rug, A waterproof fly rug, looking at the premier equine one, a waterproof ride on exercise rug to encourage myself to ride in the rain and another medium weight/220g/200g standard neck stable, and I'm possibly looking at a cooler sheet depending on how warm of a spring/summer we get this year.

The searching for these rugs is keeping me satisfied for now, although the 300g combo and 200g standard neck are both brand new within the last 2 weeks. The changing seasons keep making me look. Soon I'll either have to ban myself from the equine sites, unsubscribe myself from the email updates or loose my card before I end up in rug buyers anonymous. 

If anyone wants I'll keep you all updated on my shopping sprees and I can write any reviews on my rugs if people are interested. 

Save Money While Shopping...! [Discount codes]

I've recently teamed up with Equestrian Co. to give my readers a great deal.
This is a great site I've found which offers pretty much everything but the horse & tack. They have really expanded and even offer products for not only dogs but cats & rabbits too. If only my cat would play with toys, I would have somewhere to spoil Legacy & My cat at the same time. They actually have some great items with some great savings on in their clearance section, I actually have my eye on a few things. The joys of Christmas being right around the corner. Buying yourself the presents with the money received. 

They've been wonderful enough to offer my readers some discount codes.
The codes are as follows:
Legacy5 for £5 off a £50 spend or more, and Legacy10 for £10 off a £100 spend or more.
What's great about these codes is that they work on the sale items, so you're saving by buying sale items then saving more with these codes. Win - Win all around.

You can visit their website here; Equestrianco

Sales Haul

Not long after Christmas I decided that Legacy needed a new Heavyweight rug, So I went off shopping on the internet for her (which is deadly.) Now while I like to get the best for my money I don't like spending loads of money for a rug which is the same as something cheaper but you end up paying for the name. Hence why I hit the sale, Good name + Good money = Happy Me!

So while I was searching for a new rug for her I found a site which had great sales and ended up buying a lot more than I needed to.

The first item I added into my cart was the thing I was actually shopping for, I chose a Weatherbeeta Genero 1200 Combo Heavy this was originally £74.99 or £56.91 on the site and I bought it for £39.84. She's now got this rug on and it's doing a great job.

The next rug I picked up was purely because of how good the deal was, It's a Weatherbeeta Original 1200 Detach-A-Neck, this was originally £94.99 or £72.00 on the site and I bought this for £50.40.

After that I just decided to have a search through the grooming section and found this 5 Piece Braiding Kit From Roma, originally £3.99 or £3.34 on the site and I bought it for £2.60. 

I've always wanted one of these Massage Rubber Mitts by Roma but never thought I'd use it, so when it was discounted I used this to justify buying it for her, these are originally £3.34 and I bought this for 2.84.

I have a constant struggle with finding either long boots or half chaps that are short enough for my legs, so when I seen these Dublin Easy-Care half chaps I thought these would be great to tide me over until I find some that fit me really well, these are originally £21.99 or £18.51 on the site and I bought them for £14.40.

Legacy also needed a new bridle but while I was looking for one which I really liked and could afford I found this Kincade Raised Cavesson to keep her going for now, this was originally £42.99 or £33.43 on the site and I bought this for £24.95/

The next item is a Shires Pole Folding Saddle Rack, this is great for outside her stable as when she get's impatient she can start walking around and will knock things off the door in the process, great way of keeping the saddle intact and in one place. This was originally £7.50 or £6.43 on the site and I bought this for £4.75.

The last item I picked up was something to just have and to add to the first aid box just in case anything ever happened, it's the Roma Bandages they were originally £1.99 or £1.63 on the site and I bought these for £1.27.

The site I was able to buy all of this from Ponykit, I love their tagline 'Not just for Ponies'. I recommend keeping an eye out for any other great sales on their site because I know I will be.