APART from daily mucking out and regularly stripping and disinfecting your horse’s stable, a full, thorough clean of your horse’s stable should be done several times a year for your horse’s health.

Firstly remove all bedding and buckets. Once your stable is empty, if you have rubber matting, remove this too. Make sure you remember which piece goes where. It is a good idea to use duct tape to remember where each mat goes. Start from the top left and stick one piece of duct tape in the top left corner, then two pieces on the next mat and so on. Wash the mats thoroughly with a hard brush, warm water and disinfectant. Do this on the front and back of each mat. This will help kill off any unwanted bacteria.