horsey_lady
New User
My horse has thick fetlocks and I wondered what would be best during exercise, bandages or brushing boots?
Can anyone help........please?
Can anyone help........please?
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Bandages or Boots
- Thread starter horsey_lady
- Start date
RunToEarth
Well-Known Member
does your horse brush badly?
0
Guest
bandages....i never ride my horse without them, if i'm being VERY lazy i bandage the back and boot the front but would never ride her without bandages on the back!!
katelarge
Well-Known Member
personally for flatwork I prefer bandages to boots, unless there is a very bad brushing issue. If your horse brushes behind you can just use boots behind. I think bandages support more and you don't get as much bits of school and stuff stuck under them. For jumping though, I'd go for boots all round.
appennea
Well-Known Member
Bandages offer no more protestion I believe but Roger Smith of the RVC did a study and came to the conclusion that it does make horses more aware of "where" their legs are. Therefore may be less likely to injure themselves. Rarely known but since as I used to work with him and know he is top expert I've since used polo bandages - tend to use the one's that finish in elastic as this stops them slipping. However if I'm just hacking out around the roads I'll just pop boots on and if very wet as I'm wary of them slipping.
MagicMelon
Well-Known Member
Brushing Boots, but decent ones. I tend to school in tendon boots nowadays as I find they have that really strong bit at the back of the tendon which is really the most important bit!