Carr Day & Martin Vanner & Prest Traditional Hoof Oil – 1 Litre

Carr & Day & Martin Vanner & Prest Hoof Oil – 1 Litre

Vanner & Prest Hoof Oil is the traditional black-tar hoof oil, and it smells like it — pine tar oil combined with mineral oil, with the distinctive aroma Carr & Day & Martin acknowledge in their own description. It is the oil people mean when they say they use hoof oil: brush it on, and the foot comes up with a deep show-ring shine straight away.

This is the litre bottle, which is the practical size for a yard or for anyone oiling four feet several times a week. Carr & Day & Martin put 500ml at around two months of regular use, so a litre roughly doubles that. Alongside the shine it locks moisture into the hoof, which is the working half of the job.

Performance & Benefits

• Traditional formulation of pine tar oil combined with mineral oil.
• Gives an immediate show-ring shine on application.
• Helps maintain healthy hooves rather than being purely cosmetic.
• Locks moisture into the hoof.
• Mild properties, with the distinctive traditional aroma.
• One litre is roughly four months of regular use on one horse.

Suitable For

• Show and competition turnout where the feet need to look finished.
• Traditional yards and anyone who prefers a tar-based oil.
• Regular use on sound, healthy hooves.
• Yards oiling several horses, where 500ml does not last.
• Not the product for actively rehydrating dried-out horn — an oil seals the surface, so for horn that needs moisture put back, the water-based Cornucrescine Daily Hoof Moisturiser is the right choice.

How to Use

• Apply with a hoof brush to the entire hoof.
• The shine is immediate — there is no drying or buffing stage.
• Make sure the hoof is clean before you start; oil over mud seals the mud in.
• Use regularly rather than heavily.
• Carr & Day & Martin state 500ml lasts up to two months with regular use, so expect around four months from this litre.

Specification

• 1 litre bottle.
• Pine tar oil combined with mineral oil.
• Carr & Day & Martin list Vanner & Prest Hoof Oil in 500ml, 1 litre and 5 litre.
• Distinctive traditional aroma, noted by the manufacturer.
• Carr & Day & Martin name the oils used but publish no full formulation or percentages, so none are stated here.