Epic Classic Zebra Fly Rug - Broad Fit

The only fly rug your heavy horse needs for full summer protection against flies, midges, and biting insects. Merging science with smart design, this zebra fly rug for heavy horses is based on studies by Susanne Åkesson and Tim Caro. The striking black-and-white pattern visually confuses insects, helping to prevent them from landing and biting. Backed by science and loved by customers.

Crafted from high-quality, lightweight breathable mesh, this durable fly rug features a fixed integrated neck cover, offering your horse complete head-to-tail fly protection without overheating in warmer weather.

For a customisable and secure fit, it features twin chest buckles with adjustable trigger clips, low cross surcingles, and removable, adjustable leg straps.

Designed for comfort and coverage, this rug includes:

• A neck cover extension to give full coverage and protection whilst grazing
• Antibacterial and antistatic lining over the mane, chest, shoulders, back, and tail flap
• An extra-large tail flap to protect fuller, apple-bottom

All of our heavy horse fly rugs offer some physical UV protection.

Built for heavy horses, this rug is part of our broad fit range, with thoughtful proportions to suit big shoulders, deep barrels, muscular necks, and broader chests. No more pinching, slipping, or tight fits just reliable summer comfort and maximum freedom of movement.

• Strong, lightweight, breathable mesh outer 
• Innovative scientific zebra pattern
• Fixed integrated neck cover with extension for full coverage whilst grazing
• Larger cut neckline to accommodate the broader chest, thick muscular neck and powerful shoulders
• Extra large shoulder gusset for full freedom of movement
• Extra large tail flap for complete coverage
• Extra depth so NO MORE MINI-SKIRTS
• Twin buckle and adjustable quick clip fastenings at the chest area
• Low cross surcingles
• Adjustable and removable leg straps - these can be turned into a tail strap if you don’t like leg straps
• Antibacterial and antistatic treated lining
• Size range 5’9 - 7’6 with 7’9 coming soon

Many heavy horse owners struggle to find high quality fly rugs that fit their horse properly and often deal with rugs being too tight in the shoulders, too restrictive in the chest with front closure fastenings being too high up which cuts into their neck and causes pressure and soreness over the withers, and are too short in depth often looking like a mini-skirt. 

Just like you, as heavy horse owners ourselves we too struggled with these same issues.

Unlike other brands our heavy horse fly rugs are designed specifically for broad chested, deep barrelled, big shouldered horses and ponies. We have created the best fitting horse rugs to eliminate these common issues whilst providing your horse with the maximum comfort, unrestricted movement and protection against biting insects. 

With our own unique size charts we have revolutionised heavy horse rugs to fit your horses anatomy correctly with a larger cut neckline to accommodate the broader chest, thick muscular neck and powerful shoulders. Chest fastenings strategically placed to accommodate the lower set necks of heavy breeds including cobs, shires, clydesdales, percheron’s, Suffolk punch’s, Iberian horses, European draft horses and more. Extra large shoulder gussets to provide your horse with unrestricted full freedom of movement. Extra rug depth so NO MORE MINI-SKIRTS! Supersized tail flap offering complete coverage for voluptuous apple-bottoms.

Say goodbye to ill-fitting rugs and upgrade your horses comfort and protection to a heavy horse rug that truly fits!

Machine wash 30 degrees, dry naturally.

Model: 17.2hh heavyweight Irish Draught wearing 7'0 broad fit and requires a Large broad fit neck cover

This item is true to size and we recommend opting for your horse's usual size.

If your current horse rug is a good fit in length from your horse's chest - hind, but you find the horse rug is tight at the chest area, try that same size in our horse rugs.

If you have sized up with your current horse rug to get more room in the chest and the overall length from chest-hind is too long, try the size down in our horse rugs.