Hy Equestrian Rainbow The Unicorn Stable Toy

Hy Equestrian Rainbow the Unicorn Stable Toy

Rainbow is a hanging stable toy on a rope, built to be picked up, thrown about and leaned on by a horse with nothing better to do. Hy describe it as durable and tough, and the point of it is the horse that starts weaving, box-walking or chewing the door once the yard goes quiet — something to grab hold of takes the edge off a long evening in.

The robust rope is already attached, so it hangs wherever you want it: a ring in the stable, a bar in the lorry, the partition of a trailer. That travelling use is worth noting, because an unfamiliar overnight stable at a show is exactly where a horse that settles well at home stops settling.

Performance & Benefits

• Durable, tough construction meant to survive being picked up and dropped repeatedly.
• Robust rope already fitted, so it hangs straight out of the packet with nothing to tie on.
• Helps alleviate boredom for a horse spending long hours stabled.
• Moves to the lorry or trailer, giving a familiar object in an unfamiliar place.
• Hangs at whatever height suits the horse rather than sitting on the floor in the bedding.

Suitable For

• Stabled horses and ponies on box rest or long winter nights in.
• Horses that weave, box-walk or chew woodwork out of boredom.
• Overnight stabling at shows, and travelling in a lorry or trailer.
• Youngsters who need something to investigate rather than another haynet.
• Not a feed toy — it holds no treats. A horse that needs its forage spread out over more hours wants a slow-feed haynet instead.

How to Use

• Hang it from a fixed ring or tie ring using the attached rope.
• Set the height around chest to head height, so the horse can reach it without getting a leg over the rope.
• Keep the rope short. A long loop is what a foot goes through.
• Take it down and hose it off when it gets caked, and let it dry before rehanging.
• Introduce it while you are still on the yard rather than hanging it and leaving.

Specification

• Hanging stable toy with a rope attached, in the Rainbow the Unicorn design.
• Barcode 5027286219624.
• Part of Hy's stable toy range, which also includes Hoofer the Horse, Angie the Avocado, Hello Sunshine and the Brussel Sprout.

Care & Caution

• Anything hung on a rope in a stable is an entanglement risk. Hang it short and clear of the doorway, water bucket and haynet.
• Check the rope and its fixing every few days and replace the toy once the rope frays or the body splits.
• Take it down if the horse chews pieces off rather than plays with it — this is a toy to knock about, not to eat.
• Do not leave a new toy with a horse unsupervised until you have seen how it treats it.