Kat
Well-Known Member
Firstly please be gentle I don't normally come in CR much but thought that I was more likely to get the input I want in here!
My horse is rising 5 and still pretty green in the school but I'm starting to ask for a bit more now and school for a bit longer and a bit more intensively than I have been doing and I'm starting to wonder whether I should be protecting her legs.
I'm not a serious competitive rider, I've only done RC stuff in the past and my aim for my youngster is to bring her on to be a nice RC all rounder but to affiliate in dressage.
At the moment she is only shod in front, she wears OR boots whenever she is ridden and she does need these, she forges occasionally and catches her feet against each other sometimes too. She has some knee brushing boots which she wears to hack in. She also has a set of Equilibrium Tri-zone Brushing boots, which I would put on for lunging, or jumping but I don't tend to put them on to school on the flat.
I'm wondering whether she would benefit from something like stretch and flex wraps or premier equine sports boots for schooling. I don't feel confident in my own ability to put exercise bandages on and she isn't great at standing still so I'm unlikely to be able to do a decent job!
So what would people recommend for flat work schooling? Wraps? Boots? Bare legs? Or do I really need to learn to bandage properly?
My horse is rising 5 and still pretty green in the school but I'm starting to ask for a bit more now and school for a bit longer and a bit more intensively than I have been doing and I'm starting to wonder whether I should be protecting her legs.
I'm not a serious competitive rider, I've only done RC stuff in the past and my aim for my youngster is to bring her on to be a nice RC all rounder but to affiliate in dressage.
At the moment she is only shod in front, she wears OR boots whenever she is ridden and she does need these, she forges occasionally and catches her feet against each other sometimes too. She has some knee brushing boots which she wears to hack in. She also has a set of Equilibrium Tri-zone Brushing boots, which I would put on for lunging, or jumping but I don't tend to put them on to school on the flat.
I'm wondering whether she would benefit from something like stretch and flex wraps or premier equine sports boots for schooling. I don't feel confident in my own ability to put exercise bandages on and she isn't great at standing still so I'm unlikely to be able to do a decent job!
So what would people recommend for flat work schooling? Wraps? Boots? Bare legs? Or do I really need to learn to bandage properly?
my husband will love you guys, talking me out of buying more "stuff" for the horse! 