Spending Hours Brushing Out Winter Coat That Still Won't Come Loose?
Spring shedding is one of the most time-consuming parts of horse ownership — and a standard curry comb or shedding blade barely scratches the surface. Hair flies everywhere, your horse gets touchy, and you're still not done an hour later.
The Ultra® Shedding Block removes loose hair, bot eggs, dust, and dirt at the follicle level — gently enough for sensitive skin, efficiently enough to de-shed an entire horse in a fraction of the time.
Spring Shedding Takes Too Long and Your Horse Hates It
Standard curry combs grab the surface of a coat without getting to the dead hair underneath. Shedding blades are fast but harsh — horses with sensitive skin flatten their ears and move away from them. By the time you finish one pass, you've missed half the hair and your horse is stressed. Meanwhile, bot eggs cling stubbornly to leg hair and standard grooming tools miss them entirely.
And Leaving Winter Coat on Too Long Creates Real Health Concerns
A horse that hasn't fully shed its winter coat is carrying extra insulation into warming weather — overheating faster on rides, sweating more, and taking longer to cool down. Retained hair traps moisture against skin, which can lead to rain rot conditions even in horses that are regularly groomed. Bot eggs left on the legs hatch into larvae that migrate to the stomach wall — a preventable parasite load that costs far more than a five-dollar grooming tool.
- ✗Standard curry combs miss the dead undercoat that traps heat in spring
- ✗Shedding blades are too harsh for horses with sensitive skin
- ✗Bot eggs on legs are missed by conventional grooming tools
- ✗Incomplete shedding contributes to overheating and extended cool-down times
Shed the Whole Coat — Gently — In Half the Time
The Ultra® Shedding Block works at the follicle level to release dead hair, bot eggs, dust, and surface dirt in one grooming pass. The block material is firm enough to be effective but gentle enough that even sensitive-skinned horses tolerate — and often enjoy — the process. One block handles 10-12 horses before it needs replacing. It cleans in seconds by scraping it across a hard surface. At $4.99 it's the highest value-per-use grooming tool in your aisle.
Removes Coat in Half the Time
Follicle-level action releases dead hair that curry combs and blades miss entirely.
Effective Bot Egg Removal
Removes bot fly eggs from legs and belly without the scraping of a metal bot knife.
Gentle for Sensitive Skin
Firm enough to work, soft enough that even touch-sensitive horses relax into it.
Leaves Coat Shiny
Removes dust and dirt to reveal the natural oil and shine underneath the winter coat.
What Riders Are Saying
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I have six horses and spring used to mean two weeks of miserable brushing. Now I get through the whole barn in one Saturday with the shedding block. My Thoroughbred — who hates the shedding blade — actually leans into this. The coat that comes out is unbelievable.
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The bot egg removal alone is worth the price. I used to scrape with a bot knife for 20 minutes per horse. The shedding block does it faster and more completely. And the shine left behind on the coat is incredible.
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Our barn manager introduced these to us and we haven't gone back. Easy to clean — just scrape across concrete. Handles 10-12 horses per block. At $4.99 it's the most cost-effective grooming tool in our barn by a wide margin.
"How We Stack Up
| Feature | Schneiders Ultra Shedding Block | Slick 'N Easy Grooming Block | Oster Shedding Blade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentle on sensitive skin | yes | yes | no |
| Bot egg removal | yes | partial | no |
| Removes deep undercoat | yes | yes | partial |
| Self-cleaning design | yes | yes | no |
| Handles 10-12 horses | yes | partial | no |
| Under $10 price | yes | yes | yes |
| Leaves coat shiny | yes | yes | no |
| No metal parts near horse | yes | yes | no |
| Removes dust and dirt | yes | partial | no |
| Cuts grooming time in half | yes | partial | yes |
One Block. Ten to Twelve Horses. One Spring Season.
The Ultra® Shedding Block is easy to overlook at $4.99 — it doesn't look like much. It performs like a tool that costs ten times as much. The porous structure grips and releases hair, bot eggs, and dirt without clogging, and a quick scrape across concrete restores the surface for the next horse. Grooms who discover this block rarely go back to anything else for spring shedding. It has become a fixture in professional barn routines precisely because it works and costs almost nothing.
- ✓Removes loose hair, bot eggs, dust, and dirt in one pass
- ✓Gentle formula safe for horses with sensitive skin
- ✓Handles 10-12 horses before replacement needed
- ✓Self-cleaning — scrape across hard surface to restore
- ✓Leaves coat shiny and healthier-looking
What You Get
