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Slit tennis balls and thread them onto wash-bay chains or tie clips. No more clanging every time you unclip.
Smug Horse
Horse life hacks · launching winter 2026
Clever, welfare-checked Smug Tips for the yard, the tack room and the show ground. Each one shown in about 30 seconds, so you can get back to your horse.
Not that kind of hack. You can leave your hat in the car for these.
A random tip from the starter library. Every one has been checked for horse welfare before it got anywhere near a camera.
Slit tennis balls and thread them onto wash-bay chains or tie clips. No more clanging every time you unclip.
75 Smug Tips and counting, in nine categories.
Short videos of clever yard, grooming, tack and show hacks, each with the catch included. Look for them on TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Starting nowWe take a microphone to shows and ask event riders for their favourite yard hack. The pros' tricks, on camera, in their own words.
Spring 2027Mugs, caps and hoodies starring our favourite know-it-all. For you, or for the horse person in your life who already knows best.
Later in 2027Some viral horse hacks fail our welfare check, so you won't see them as tips here. Tap a card to see why, and what to do instead.
Every tip is checked before it's filmed. If it needs your vet or farrier, we say so.
We film it working, at a real yard, in real mud.
Rugs, livery, haynets and dark evenings. Made for here.
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