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Treehouse Design Award Winning Rug
We are delighted that our super sponsors Treehouse Sporting Colours won the 2018 British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) Innovation Aaward for their new AeroChill Cooling Rug.
We caught up with Theresa Morris from Treehouse Sporting Colours to find out more about this exciting product.
How do you feel winning the award?
We are delighted to win the 2018 Innovation Award for the Cooling Rug especially that this year there were so many strong innovative products within our category.
What inspired you to come up with the design?
The Rug is a natural progression from the 2016 Award winning AeroChill Cooling Boots.
The material Hyperkewl has been used by Special Forces and Formula 1 drivers over the past 18 years to keep them cool. We have designed the rug to cool the horse down post competition, exercise or travelling in hot weather. The rug needs to be wet and also have an air flow, so it is ideal to have on while walking off or while traveling with a window down.
How can it help grooms / competition horses?
• It is designed to aid in cooling the horse and helping muscle recovery.
• Helps in alleviating heat exhaustion.
• Excellent to use pre-competition to keep your horse cool to help gain maximum performance.
• Aerochill is a super absorbent polymer fibre fabric which works by latent evaporation pulling heat from the horse and evaporating off the outside of the rug and improving blood circulation.
• Great to use when travelling horses in hot conditions.
• Easy to use, simply pour water over the rug and put straight on the horse. For the rug to keep working it must be kept wet.
When will it be available on the market?
The rugs will be available within a couple of weeks (watch this space).
And don't forget our members get a 10% discount on all purchases from Treehouse. Click here to find out more about the rug or log into get your discount code.
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What the personal accident policy covers you for:
- Whilst at work
- All stable duties – mucking out, grooming, washing off, turning out
- Clipping
- Riding – including hacking and jumping
- Hunting
- Lunging
- Breaking in
- Holding horse for a vet and other procedures
- Travelling horses both in the UK and abroad
- Competing in line with your job including: jumping, dressage, eventing
- Injuries that may happen to you whilst you are teaching - but you must also be grooming as part of your duties and not be a sole instructor
What the personal accident policy doesn’t cover you for:
- Riding in a race, point to point or team chase
- Stunt Riding
- Accidents occurring whilst travelling to and from work
- Riding and competing your own horse (but you can upgrade when applying for membership to include this)
- Public Liability – this is a separate insurance policy - the Freelance Groom Liability Insurance
- Care Custody and Control – this is a separate policy - the Freelance Groom Liability Insurance
If you require additional cover then please contact KBIS directly.
| GROOM | RIDER | EMPLOYER | |
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When you are working for other people you do most of the following; muck out, turn out/catch in, tack up, groom horses, exercise Horses (including hacking, jumping and schooling), in the care of your employer/client. |
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| Predominantly ride horses for other people including schooling, exercising and competing. | NO |
YES |
YES |
| Provide grooming services for someone else either full time or on a freelance basis i.e. an employer or a client. | YES |
NO |
NO |
| Employ staff – have an employers liability policy in your name | NO | NO | YES |
| Buy and sell horses | NO | YES | YES |
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grooms working in the UK or British grooms abroad.
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