Rug on or off tonight?

At times you choose, rugup tells you what each of your horses needs tonight and tomorrow, and the reason why, in one line.

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Thursday 14 May

06:02

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Rugs: Monty (lightweight) · Mask today: Dolly

Tonight 6° · Monty: rug below 7° · Dolly: fine to 3°, mask (UV 5 at 13:00) · Bella: fine to 0°

One night, one field, different answers

This is why the board gives every horse its own line. Bella is a hairy native with a shelter. Monty is hunter clipped and lean, standing out in the same field on the same night. A single verdict for the yard would be wrong for one of them.

Monty in the field

Monty

Rug · lightweight50–100g

Suggest a lightweight rug: Monty is trace clipped, so he feels cold below 7°. Tonight's low feels like 6° and dry.

How was last night?

Too hotAbout rightToo cold
Bella in the field

Bella

No rug

No rug: Bella has a thick coat, so she's fine to 0°. Tonight's low feels like 6° and dry.

Was leaving the rug off right?

Too hotAbout rightToo cold

Dolly

No rugMask

No rug: Dolly is unclipped, so she's fine to 3°. Tonight's low feels like 6° and dry.

Mask: UV 5 at 13:00 today.

Was leaving the rug off right?

Too hotAbout rightToo cold
  1. 01

    Add your horses

    Coat, clip, age and whether they have a shelter. Two minutes each.

  2. 02

    Get a verdict when it suits you

    On your lock screen at the times you pick, before you leave the house. One line per horse.

  3. 03

    Tap how it went

    Too hot, about right, too cold. rugup learns that horse and adjusts.

Why it is right more often

Rain and wind matter more than temperature

A wet coat in a 28 mph gust strips more heat than a still, dry night five degrees colder. rugup weighs all three.

Clipped and fine-coated horses need more

A hunter clip can move the point a horse feels cold by seven degrees. A native in full coat barely notices the same night.

Every horse is different, so it learns yours

Tell it the rug was too hot and it remembers. After a week or two the numbers fit your horse, not an average one.

The starting numbers come from published science on how horses lose heat. See where they come from.