The Quick Chill Cooling Rug instantly draws heat away, providing up to 5.9°C of cooling without soaking your horse. Just soak, wring, and drape for comfortable cooling after exercise, travel, or on warm days. Perfect for horses who dislike hoses or when water is limited!
Features:
- Cooling without soaking – Cools your horse down without leaving them drenched.
- Extended relief – Provides at least 2 hours of cooling in the stable.*
- Instant temperature drop – Lowers surface temperature by up to 5.9°C after exercise** or at rest.*
- Competition days – Gently cools before, between, or after classes.
- Travel & recovery – Ideal for horses that get hot during or after transport.
- Horses that dislike water – A stress-free cooling solution for those who avoid hosing.
- Water-restricted locations – Perfect for yards, training sessions, and events where access to running water is limited.
- *Based on horses in the stable in temperatures ranging between 28-30℃. ** Based on horses exercised for 20 minutes and cooled directly afterwards.
How the Quick Chill Works
Your horse will be warmer than the rug, and so the thermal energy will move via conduction from the hottest place (the horse) to the cooler place (the rug) to equalise temperatures. The water from the rug also evaporates into the atmosphere to further aid cooling, similar to what happens when your horse sweats to naturally attempt to cool themselves down.
The cooling area of the rug is contoured and shaped so that it covers the large muscle groups across the back and hindquarters with direct contact, and the remainder of the rug is mesh to allow it to remain lightweight for use in the summer, but also to remain well-ventilated to facilitate breathability and evaporation to further aid the cooling process.
The Specialised Material within the Quick Chill
The rug is made from a high tech, breathable open cell structure material, which is designed to effectively absorb and store water. This material has been chosen for its ability to retain water, but also to allow the water molecules to move through the fabric easily.
The rug should be fully submerged in a bucket of water, or thoroughly soaked. Once removed from the bucket, wring out the excess water and place onto the horse. The water stored within the fabric is essential for the cooling process, but due to it being held within the fabric, it will stop your horse from getting soaking wet when used for up to 10 minutes.
How to Use the Quick Chill Rug
Simply submerge the cooling rug in a bucket of water until it is fully saturated, before wringing it out.
If you have limited access to water, you can activate the rug as above where you have running water (i.e. at home or the stables), before placing it into a plastic bag and taking it with you to where it is needed. The rug will stay activated in this environment for the rest of the day.
Alternatively, sprinkle water from a hose or bottle of water onto the rug, wring out the excess water and then put on your horse.
The rug can then either be reactivated in water to be used again straight away or left to dry out.
Care should be taken in humid climates and the rug should be checked more often, as humidity can affect the process of evaporation in general, from the rug or even on an un-rugged horse.