After filming this I realised I do not clean my saddles enough….so what do people use to clean their tack? How often do you do it? and do you have any top tips? I need sparkly well kept tack inspiration. Now don’t get me wrong I’ll give my saddles a quick wipe fairly often and my bridles get rinsed down all the time, but an actual proper clean, well as you see in the video, not so much.
After research into bedding I found that https://blueribbonhorsebedding.co.uk/ ticked all of my boxes. It’s sustainable, natrual, the packaging is recyclable, it’s meant to be low waste, highly biodegradable, quick to muck out, comfy and not too dusty. I mean it sounds like the dream bedding.
I watched some set up tutorials from one of their ambassadors and fellow endurance rider, Bella Fricker. I would say when setting up we learnt that you need to leave a few inches of bag intact the whole way round so that water doesn’t seep out (rookie error) and actually we needed more like 7-10 litres per bag to stop it being dusty, with more water the bedding is a bit like memory foam, it’s not wet at all, but it kind of bounces back when you squidge it, very satisfying.
So the test will be over the next few weeks as to whether it lives up to it’s claims but on first impressions I like it a lot. Do people have favourite beddings? I know some love the look of big golden straw banks and others the ease of throwing up shavings, it’s funny really. Everyone has different needs, budgets, accessibility, so I guess there isn’t one supreme bedding to rule over them all, but I’m hoping Blue Ribbon does a pretty decent job at trying.
Beth Endurance 