Mucking out is the daily chore that keeps your horse healthy — and the right tools make it faster and easier on your back. A good barrow, the right fork, and a system that works for your stable turn a 40-minute job into 20.

What to Look For

• Wheelbarrow: the right size for your stable, with a wheel that handles your ground
• Forks: a muck fork that sifts bedding, and a pitchfork for hay
• Shovel and brush: for the final sweep
• Barrows and skips: for rubber matting and daily turnout

Our Advice

If you’re mucking out on concrete or rubber mats, a skip and shovel beat a fork. And if you’re planning a new stable, our stall mat range is where we’d start — mats save bedding and your back.

More in our stable & yard section.