Show blankets are meant to be worn over a pad and under a saddle, so that you can show off your entire outfit in style. These thin blankets are available in various colours and patterns. If you normally ride with a 3/4" thick pad, it is best to use a 1/2" pad under your show blanket.
Cuttinup Show Blankets “The only contour show blanket”
Show blankets designed to fit over your horse’s contour back.
Why does contour matter?
Consider this, a show blanket lays between your saddle and your under pad. If you lay a flat blanket on top of a contour under pad some place has to wrinkle to conform to the shape of the underpad, somewhere under your saddle there is going to be a spot of bunched up wool under your saddle. If a horse can feel a fly landing on its back don’t you think it can feel that spot?
Cuttinup’s mission was simple.... design a show blanket that fit better and didn’t show your under pad!
Mission accomplished! Cuttinup Show Blankets are the only show blanket on the market with a contour shape built into the pattern. This wasn’t an easy feat. These blankets have to be made on handlooms by expert weavers, to build the contour shape. This creates a slightly looser weave which also gives you a softer feel for the blanket itself. Flat blankets are made with automatic looms, which creat a tighter weave and stiffer feel, it also alows for mass production more extensive detail and faster less expensive product. Cuttinup has created a more more unique hand woven product, that fits perfect!