Hy Equestrian Hy Sport Active Hoof Pick Soft Touch Stainless Steel – Midnight Navy (16cm)

Hy Sport Active Hoof Pick – Midnight Navy, 16cm

Sixteen centimetres is a proper full-length hoof pick rather than a keyring-sized one, which matters when you are working a stone out of the frog of a horse that would rather have its foot back. The pick is stainless steel, so it does not rust in a bucket of water, and the handle is Hy's soft touch two-tone moulding in Midnight Navy.

The handle is the reason to pay more than the price of a bare steel pick. Soft touch material stays grippy when your hands are wet or cold, and a hoof pick is almost always used with wet, cold hands. This is the plain pick with no brush on the back — a single steel hook, nothing to clog.

Performance & Benefits

• Stainless steel pick that will not rust after being left in the wash bucket.
• Soft touch handle that keeps its grip in wet and cold conditions.
• 16cm overall, long enough to give real leverage against packed dirt.
• Two-tone moulded handle in Midnight Navy, one of fourteen Hy Sport Active colours for this pick.
• One-piece construction with no folding joint or screw to seize up.

Suitable For

• Daily picking out of horses and ponies, shod or barefoot.
• Grooming kits, tack rooms, lorries and the pocket of a yard coat.
• Wet and muddy conditions where a plain steel pick would corrode.
• Riders building a colour-matched Hy Sport Active kit.
• No brush is fitted, so it will not sweep a clean foot dry after washing — you will want a separate hoof brush for that.

How to Use

• Face the horse's tail, run your hand down the leg and ask for the foot.
• Work from heel towards toe, always away from you, so a slipping pick does not come towards your hand.
• Clear both sides of the frog and the collateral grooves, then the frog itself, checking for smell or discharge as you go.
• Rinse it off with the rest of the kit and dry it before putting it away, even though the steel is stainless.

Specification

• Two-tone, soft touch stainless steel hoof pick.
• Length: 16cm.
• Colour: Midnight Navy. Hy list this pick in fourteen colours, including Aegean Green, Terracotta Orange, Rosette Red, Amethyst Purple, Emerald Green, Coral Rose, Sky Blue, Desert Sand, Vivid Merlot, Blooming Lilac, Jewel Blue, Alpine Green and Royal Violet.
• Pick only — no integral brush.
• Battles product code 1000610, barcode 5027286111973.
• Hy publish no handle material breakdown or weight for this pick, so none is stated here.