After some digging it appears that the eqclusive packs are:
White/Grey/Coloured (4 brushes): schimmel, fellglanzeburste, Lipizzaner, diva
Chestnut (4 brushes): military, cavaliere, fellglanzeburste, diva
Black/Dark bay (5 brushes): parcour, Lipizzaner, cavaliere, fellglanzeburste, diva
Universal (7 brushes): schimmel, military, parcour, cavaliere, Lipizzaner, fellglanzeburste, diva
Just two odd questions.
Does the term dark bay mean what the TB people call “dark bay or brown”?
Does the term “bright bay” include “blood bays” (coat a rich reddish color), “wild bays” which sometimes look chestnut until you see the tail and the black points on the lower legs, and other bays that are not “dark bay or brown”?
Thank you for posting this! It’s so nice to be able to go through those lists and mentally check-off what’s already in the grooming kit.
With a Schimmel, Parcour, Cavalier, Pony (horsehair/brass mix) as well as the Haas coconut fibre mane brush I think I finally have all the bases covered (insert question mark here…) 
I have a Mustang brush, with the brass wires mixed in. Is it called something else now? It’s pretty stiff but my fluffy part Highland cow pinto pony loves it.
I went to my Sunday ride today with gifts, Haas gifts, for these wonderful ladies.
I gave them the harder Haas curry comb and the Haas Express Hair Removal Brush. They got all excited about the Express “brush” which has the long rubber teeth. I suggested that they use it to clean the brushes as they clean the horse as well as use it to help shedding out the horse as well as cleaning the saddle pads and blankets.
Their black mare’s coat is improving, mostly from just using the Damen Wurzelkardatsche synthetic rice root brush after using the HandsOn gloves for currying. Her hair is shinier, and the hairs no longer look like they are clumping together, as in the long coat hairs were sort of waving in the warm breeze today. This was with none of the Haas special colors brushes which I will get them next year.
Is this the same thing? It came up when I was searching for the Haas brush and and as far as I can tell, it’s the same?
https://www.amazon.com/Ninamar-Lint-Hair-Removal-Brush
@Jackie_Cochran thanks! I found another site with the Hass brush (Big Dee) and it says it’s 6", which is what a reviewer of the Ninamar brush estimated it as, so they must be the same.
Does anyone have both the Fellglanzeburste and the Grundy’s Finest? Is there a difference? I have the fellglanzeburste and I really like it, but I’m wondering if I need both! Lol!
I bought another Schimmel to give to a white horse owner as a holiday gift. I noticed the new one was much more firm/sharp than mine. I think it softens some as it is used. Also, I just cleaned mine for the first time in a while, and I had enough red hair in it to make a new body brush. Not sure why it collected SO MUCH hair off the red horse when it never got like that with the bay one.
While I was at it, I threw in a Military for me. I have to say, this is a very nice brush and got some good shine on the unclipped red horse. I think the center of it is like what I was hoping the Thoroughbred brush would have been (instead it’s basically like the Diamond Gloss just shorter hairs). The Military is a really nice medium stiff brush. Horse did still have a lot of dander under there that I can’t seem to bring up, but I think that’s kind of just how he is when I don’t clip him in winter.
Thanks to this thread and you enablers for me adding another one to my collection.
When my riding teacher called me this morning to make sure that I was coming out (cold, wet, wet, wet) I told her I wanted to use my Haas brush for chestnut horse, the Military on the chestnut lesson horse I ride, and to see if he would accept the Haas softer curry comb. I also had the Haas Joker hoof pick with the sort of spike, I wanted to see if that made it easier to clean out his feel since he is navicular and has a bar shoe. The ladies spend a lot of time getting his front hooves clean with a regular hoof pick.
I got there and one of the girls who helps with the stable work, Mary, helped me groom MJ, my lesson horse. She got his feet clean, which took less time than with a normal hoof pick. Her only complaint was that she would have liked a more robust brush on the hoof pick, but it did not take as much time to get his feet clean. She also got to use the Haas Fesselburste Pastern brush, which she really liked, and found it easy to get his muddy lower legs clean enough to put his boots on.
Then I did the Haas New Generation softer curry comb. I started off with my “normal” strength pressure, and it was NOPE!!! I lightened the pressure and he “told me” he wanted me to go slower, much slower. So with light pressure and slow circles I got him curried. IF his coat had been dry I might have gotten a better result, but his blanket had soaked through and his dry spaces were sort of tiny.
Then I did one side of MJ with the Haas Military brush, the one for chestnuts. MJ calmed down, and I asked Mary to take over grooming him. She did his other side and by the time she was halfway through she started on how wonderful the brush is, how the mare she rides might really like it, and MJ seemed happy.
Then Mary did the Cavaliere brush which MJ accepted, and finished with the Haas Diamond Noir soft brush.
MJ is in his rather skimpy winter coat (blanketed) and since the blanket had soaked through in many places there was only one spot that started to shine, fortunately where the saddle goes. Except for the curry comb we got no dirty looks, he completely stopped dancing around in the cross ties, and by the end of the grooming Mary was totally converted to using the Haas brushes for grooming the horses. He did not mind the Haas Kopfburste brush on his face and ears either.
After my lesson in the SLOPPY ring I showed Debbie, my riding teacher, two of the other Haas brushes I got, the Parcour as the first brush for her “black” (dark bay or brown) super sensitive Arabian gelding. I also showed her the Haas Pony brush with the brass bristles, telling her that when I read the description my immediate reaction was that Bubba, one of her lesson ponies, could benefit from this particular brush. She said that Bubba DID need a better brush to get through his THICK winter coat and she wanted to try it, so I lent it to her, as well as the Parcour for her Arabian gelding.
Then it turned out that MJ favorably impressed one of her other little old lady riders who has part leased him. Debbie has made up grooming boxes for each of her lesson horses, so she brought it out and we put the Haas Military brush, the Haas Cavaliere brush, the Haas Grundy’s Finest brush and the Haas Joker hoof pick in it. This means that MJ will get more than one grooming a week with the Haas brushes which should really help his coat.
I am making converts to the Haas brushes! Yes, I ended up lending out more than half my Haas brushes but since I do not believe in using a brush at two different stables that is fine, I do not own a horse now and this way the brushes will get used instead of moldering in a box in my bedroom. After Valentine’s Day I hope that the shipping snafus will have improved and that depleted stock will be replaced and I will be getting the shine packs for me and for each of the stables where I ride, plus replacing some of the other brushes I have lent Debbie long term.
Right now I am also interested in getting and trying out the Haas Mustang (for the hairy, hairy pony), the Haas Capriole, and the Haas Pinto, but that will have to wait until February.
Okay you all intrigued me. I bought 3 HAAS brushes The Amazone medium brush and the HAAS diva soft brush came yesterday. Still waiting on the third. I can’t even remember what I ordered!
I was super skeptical because I often buy nice things that don’t live up. BUUUUUUUT I love my brushes ! I have a nearly white flea bitten grey who doesn’t love brushes. Said horse does adore getting as gross and dirty as possible. The medium brush really drew up the sandy dirty mud. And I think he sighed when I used the soft one. I’m guessing the soft wool like interior of the diva needs some sort of special care ? And now I’m learning I need brushes for his color !? Mind blown 
You are not alone. My mind has been blown too.
All I can think of is how my long dead horses would have LOVED being groomed with these brushes.
The most recommended brush for greys is the Schimmel. This brush is very stiff and is made of coconut bristles. It is made specifically for grey horses and for “colored” horses, as far as I can tell that means paints and maybe appaloosas.
I am now converting both stables I ride at to using the Haas brushes. This will make the horses quite happy.
Thank you ! I will check that brush out. I was so surprised that my horse even liked the medium Amazone. He usually gets antsy when being brushed. He was pretty gnarly this morning after having rolled in his favorite spot. The HAAS brush just flicked up the black sandy dirt and smoothed his hair.
I’m the person who watches the as seen on tv propaganda and truly believes the products will live up. Then I usually tell myself “come on dummy, nothing lives up to the hype”.after I drop $$ on the item and feel the requisite disappointment. I was so pleasantly surprised!
I think they source the sheepskin from Mattes, so I think you could wash it with Melp. I am not 100% sure if it has the hide in there or not, but I think so. But using it as a finishing brush shouldn’t get it as dirty as fast as the other brushes.
As far as I can tell there are two Haas brushes with the brass wire bristles.
The Mustang AND the Pony.
The brass wire bristles are distributed throughout the black horsehair bristles in the Pony. I do not own a Mustang yet so I do not know how the brass wire bristles are distributed in that brush.
Chestnut owner here. I’ve seen different combos recommended for chestnuts - military, cavaliere, welsh, and diva.
I have the welsh and the diva already. The welsh is kinda a medium stiffness. Can someone tell me which one is the first brush to use, i.e. the hard brush?
My mare is your typical “grooming is a fate worse than death” chestnut. She dislikes currying with a passion, even when I use the Hass Der Gute curry. And she dislikes my current stiff brush so it would be great if I could find something that would get off dirt and not be reviled.
In the Mustang brush the brass wire bristles are in three rings plus the center.
If I didn’t like my Winner’s Circle dandy brush I’d get rid of it to make room for a Schimmel. But it may not be tough enough for my yak/pony.
Conversation at dinner tonight:
Mr. Carrots: So, you realize you have three of the same brush on your Christmas list?
Me: Oh, no! Those are three totally different brushes.
Mr. Carrots: Do you really need all three? How many different ways can you brush a horse?
Me: Do you really need all those golf clubs in your bag? How many different ways can you hit a golf ball?
Baby Carrots: [in stereo] Ooooh! Buuuuurn!
Mr. Carrots: [muttering] That’s not the same thing at all.
You should try the Tiger Tongue. I bought one after it was recommended to me here and the horse I ride definitely likes it more than a curry. I also lent it to a barnmate who has a sensitive OTTB that doesn’t tolerate brushes and he (the OTTB) loved it too! You can use it both as a curry and to flick off the dirt that is brought up. However I have found that it doesn’t work as well when there’s a thick winter coat to deal with.
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