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Anti-Sweat Rug

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 Anti-Sweat Rug

A horse wearing a square anti-sweat sheet. Some anti-sweat rugs are fitted.

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Definition: An anti-sweat rug is the equivalent to a sweat sheet or cooler in North America. An anti-sweat rug is a lightweight blanket put on the horse after a hard workout, to prevent it from getting chilled.
Also Known As: cooler, sweat sheet, sheet
Examples:
After the cross country course, we put an anti-sweat rug on my horse because the cool breeze might have chilled her.

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