Sweet Itch Mask
Sweet Itch Mask
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Product Description
Product Description
New larger eye openings and mesh panels for 2026
The Sweet Itch Mask helps protect your horse or pony’s face, ears and eyes from midges, flies, biting insects and UV rays.
- Built-in ears and mesh eye covers for comprehensive face coverage.
- Robust, lightweight and breathable fabric, resistant to heavy showers and helping prevent sun bleaching while keeping dirt off.
- Silky lining behind the ears and elasticated adjustment in several places for a close, comfortable fit.
Secure attachment and flexible coverage
Use with the Bug Body Fly Rug, Headless Sweet Itch Hood or a full-neck fly rug or summer sheet.
The mask’s metal D-ring connects to the Velcro loop at the top of the Bug Body neck or Headless Hood. A spare Velcro loop is supplied for attaching it to another rug’s neck.
We strongly recommend securing the mask to the rug neck or Headless Hood as directed in the fitting instructions. Contact us before use if you need help.
Pull-On or Zip?
Choose Pull-On for horses comfortable having a mask slipped over their nose: less bulk and no zip to fiddle with or break.
For head-shy horses or those who find fitting stressful, choose Zip. The zip runs from the chin to underneath the neck for easier fitting.
Please note
The Brown mask has black mesh over the eyes.
Follow our fitting advice and keep an eye on your horse during first use to check comfort, positioning and that the mesh remains clear of the eyes. Send us photos if you’d like help checking the fit.
Size Guide
Size Guide
- XXXS - Miniature Horse
- XXS - Miniature Horse/Shetland (34″ and under), Small Pony Foal
- XS - Around 11.2hh, Small Shetland, Small Section A, Lead Rein Show Pony, Small Riding Pony - wearing a Small Pony-Shetland Bridle. Usually wearing 4’6″-4’9″ Rugs
- S - Around 12.2hh, Heavier Section A, Dartmoor, Section B, 12hh SHP Small Pony – Pony Bridle. Usually wearing 5’0″ Rugs
- S/M - Around 13.2hh, 13hh SHP, Larger Sec B, 13.2 Show Pony (Bigger Fronted) Pony Bridle lower holes. Usually Wearing 5’3″ or 5’6″ Rugs
- M - Around 14.2hh, 14hh SHP, Section C, Exmoor, Fell, 14.2 Riding Pony, Small Arab Pony lower holes -Cob Bridle middle/higher holes. Wearing 5’6″ to 5’9″ Rugs
- M/L - Around 15hh-15.2hh, SHP, Finer TB, Small Highland, Anglo Arab, larger Sec D, Andalusian type, Sports horse, Quarterhorse Connemara type wearing Cob (middle/lower holes - Full Bridle (middle - higher holes). Usually wearing 6’0″ to 6’3″ Rugs
- L - Around 16.2hh Large sports horse/IDX, Large Spanish horse, Sports horse, Lightweight Show Cob, Full Size Bridle on middle/lower holes. Usually wearing a 6’6″ to 6’9″ Rugs
- XL - Up to 17.2 Irish Draft, Large Warmblood, Heavy Show Cob, middleweight Hunter, Extra Full size Bridle (middle/lower holes), Usually wearing 6’9″ or 7’0″ Rugs
- XXL - 17.2hh+, Heavyweight Hunter, Shire, Clydesdale, Percheron, 7’3″+ Rugs, made to measure Bridle
Technical Details
Technical Details
- robust yet lightweight
- fully breathable fabric which prevents insects biting
- heavy showerproof
- stops coat bleaching (harmful UV rays)
Fitting Advice
Fitting Advice
Check out our product/fitting video!
Please make sure to study our Fitting Advice and Size Guide pages for further information. You will also find helpful videos on fitting your product properly.
PLEASE BE INCREDIBLY FUSSY WITH THE FITTING OF ANY PRODUCT COVERING THE HORSES FACE. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HORSE UNATTENDED UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE HORSE IS HAPPY AND THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE FIT. IF UNSURE, PLEASE REMOVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT US, OR PHOTOGRAPH IT ON YOUR HORSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CHECK.
AS WITH ANY ITEM, ILL FIT CAN CAUSE RUBBING AND CAN MOVE WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS. THAT SAID, WE MUST ADD, THAT THE BEST FITTING HOOD AND RUG CAN MOVE IF CAUGHT ON SOMETHING OR RUBBED OR PULLED AT. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
Care Instructions
Care Instructions
- machine wash
- up to 40 degrees cycle
- fast spin
- can be refitted damp
(tumble dry not recommended)
generally a good coverage but occasionally slips off over her head when used alone.
Thanks so much for taking the time to review your purchase.
Just in case your mask is a little big, send over some photos and we can send you instructions showing how you can easily make it a little smaller and more secure. :)
I have bought these hoods with a zip for easy fitting for my Arab who suffers from sweetitch and had previously rubbed his ears and poll badly. They are brillliant and he has for the last two years that I have used them not had any rubs or soreness in this area. Other fly masks do not fully protect this are
In todays world its hard to find a company with so much passion and quality. We were very impressed not only with their advice, service but as well the incredible feel of their products💖. Overall a 10 out of 10 experience and i cant recommend them enough!
Tried size M, way too small. Tried M/L, horse keeps pushing the mask over its ears. But it has good quality.
Many thanks for taking the time to review your hood. I am sorry to hear that the size is incorrect.
Are you able to send photos showing the fit of both hoods so we can assist with the fit ?
Pop both on briefly and photograph before emailing or whatsapping the photos to us.
Hoping this helps and looking forward to helping you further.
I had to stretch it out some before I could get it zipped (glad I didn't choose the pull-on!) but it fits good. Covers everything which is really good since he rubs his head raw in places. He's also blind so I keep a halter on him just in case anything happens or someone else has to feed/take care of my horses for me. The first day I put it on him, he managed to rub both the halter and the mask off, but he's keeping both on now. I hate that he even needs anything to cover him up at all, but since he does, I'm so glad I found Snuggy Hoods!