October 2002

Spend the Winter In Ocala

Blanket liners should protect your horse’s coat and launder easily. Schneider’s Ocala model does all that and more.

Schneider’s Ocala was the most useful ûliner in our trial.

Blanket liners are a relatively new category of equine clothing. In the fairly recent past, if our horses needed added warmth because they were clipped or because of a cold snap, we just piled on an extra blanket. This could mean two or three sets of surcingles and leg straps, a heavy and complicated rearranging when the blankets were removed, and a lot of dirty blankets piling up before the end of winter.

It also could mean a lot of rubbed shoulders and hips that took a month to grow out. And because heavy blankets are difficult to launder, sometimes horse wear a dirty blanket longer than they should, leading to…