Tack & Saddlery Tips

We have horses, go to horse shows & do horse things, hence our Saddlery & Tack Shop business! We use our own products, as do our mates, so we know what's what - read on!

Tack & Saddlery Tips

HOT HORSE. COOL CHOICE: Lisa’s love of rain sheets and Sally & Mule’s bug rug

HOT HORSE. COOL CHOICE: Lisa’s love of rain she...

Oka-rain-io calls for a rain sheet; Wairau Valley fly season calls for airflow. Meet Lisa’s and Sally & Mule’s Horseware summer rug picks.

HOT HORSE. COOL CHOICE: Lisa’s love of rain she...

Oka-rain-io calls for a rain sheet; Wairau Valley fly season calls for airflow. Meet Lisa’s and Sally & Mule’s Horseware summer rug picks.

Whiter Than White: Our Purple Shampoo Guide

Whiter Than White: Our Purple Shampoo Guide

Getting the dirt out is only half the job. Here’s our practical guide to brighter grey coats, whiter whites and less-manky manes and tails.

Whiter Than White: Our Purple Shampoo Guide

Getting the dirt out is only half the job. Here’s our practical guide to brighter grey coats, whiter whites and less-manky manes and tails.

Winter Coat, Be Gone: Your Spring Coat Reset

Winter Coat, Be Gone: Your Spring Coat Reset

Still grooming a miniature yeti, or finding more hair on the saddle pad than the horse? Here’s our practical spring reset for shifting winter coat, lifting scurf and bringing back...

Winter Coat, Be Gone: Your Spring Coat Reset

Still grooming a miniature yeti, or finding more hair on the saddle pad than the horse? Here’s our practical spring reset for shifting winter coat, lifting scurf and bringing back...

From Tack Tragic to Tack-tastic: Your Spring Show-Season Leather Reset

From Tack Tragic to Tack-tastic: Your Spring Sh...

Your tack has survived winter. Now let’s get it ring-ready without turning it into a full-scale tack-room production. Here’s our simple guide to cleaning, conditioning and those all-important show-day touch-ups.

From Tack Tragic to Tack-tastic: Your Spring Sh...

Your tack has survived winter. Now let’s get it ring-ready without turning it into a full-scale tack-room production. Here’s our simple guide to cleaning, conditioning and those all-important show-day touch-ups.

Banish the Bald Bits: Our Guide to Winter Rug Rubs

Banish the Bald Bits: Our Guide to Winter Rug Rubs

Spring is nearly here, the rugs are coming off…and hello, bald bits. Here’s our simple, no-faff guide to preventing winter rug rubs and helping healthy hair grow back before show...

Banish the Bald Bits: Our Guide to Winter Rug Rubs

Spring is nearly here, the rugs are coming off…and hello, bald bits. Here’s our simple, no-faff guide to preventing winter rug rubs and helping healthy hair grow back before show...

Mule-Tested, Season-Proven: The Horse Rug That Survived It All

Mule-Tested, Season-Proven: The Horse Rug That ...

We "handed" our mate, Mule, a brand new Horseware Ireland Amigo 1200D Plus Turnout 250g Horse Rug.  He has a mixed past when it comes to horse rugs, so this...

Mule-Tested, Season-Proven: The Horse Rug That ...

We "handed" our mate, Mule, a brand new Horseware Ireland Amigo 1200D Plus Turnout 250g Horse Rug.  He has a mixed past when it comes to horse rugs, so this...