Keratin Mud Shield Powder 450gm

Keratex Mud Shield Powder – 450g

The problem with a leg that lives in mud is not really the mud, it is the water: skin that stays saturated goes soft, and once it is soft the mud gets into it and the trouble starts. Mud Shield Powder works on that step. It is a fine powder you shake onto a clean, dry leg and rub in against the lie of the hair, and it waterproofs the skin so the water never gets the chance to soften it.

It is a dry powder rather than a barrier cream, which is the reason people who have tried both come back to it: nothing sticky to hold mud against the leg, and nothing to wash off. Keratex also state it carries disinfectant properties, and where there are already lesions the powder is used to keep them dry so scabs can form and shed in their own time rather than being picked at.

Performance & Benefits

• Waterproofs legs and body against the effects of mud and water.
• Stops the skin softening — which is the step that lets mud particles into the pores and causes the irritation.
• A dry powder, so nothing tacky is left on the leg for mud to stick to.
• Keratex state the formula also carries disinfectant properties.
• Where lesions already exist, it keeps them dry and lets scabs form and shed naturally.
• 450g shaker bottle, applied daily through the wet months.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies turned out onto wet, poached or muddy ground.
• Legs prone to scabbing and broken skin over a wet winter.
• Feathered and heavy types where the leg stays wet under the hair.
• Daily preventative use through autumn and winter, applied before turnout.
• Not a hoof product — for the horn itself, Keratex Hoof Gel is the waterproofing treatment.

How to Use

• Start with skin that is genuinely clean and dry — powder onto a wet leg does nothing.
• Sprinkle from the shaker onto the leg and rub it well in against the direction of hair growth.
• Apply daily while conditions stay wet, ideally before turnout.
• Where there are lesions, use it to keep the area dry and leave the scabs to shed on their own.
• Keep the lid closed between uses so the powder stays dry in the bottle.

Specification

• 450g plastic shaker bottle with a perforated dispensing top.
• Keratex barcode 5036486000147.
• Keratex publish no ingredient list or percentage composition for Mud Shield Powder, so none is stated here.
• Some retail listings describe this powder as approved by the Jockey Club and the FEI. Keratex publish no such statement on their own product information, so none is made here — check current competition rules yourself if that matters to you.

Care & Caution

• It is a fine powder. Apply low down and away from the horse’s face so neither of you breathes the dust, and keep it out of eyes.
• Wash your hands after use and keep the bottle away from children and animals.
• Established mud fever — hot, swollen, painful or weeping legs, or a horse that is lame — needs a vet, not a powder.
• Do not scrub or pick scabs off before applying; that damages the skin further.