boots for XC schooling?

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As my horse has no shoes on I rarely worry about booting up. What do I put on to go XC schooling. Just brushing boots or full on XC boots? Or something else? I have lots of boots as BH is my first horse in proper work that doesn't wear shoes and I know what I'd put on a shod horse but not wearing shoes changes the issue of strike injuries etc so I am a bit confuzzled as to whether I should put any on him at all :confused: Thoughts?
 
I don't usually put any on the highland as he's not shod either. The cob's never had any as they don't make them to accomodate his hair :o
 
It's weird having a horse without shoes! I haven't put on boots for literally a year now probably! Maybe more actually. I should have a clear out really as I'm never going to use most of them ever again.
 
I don't really do matchy anything. We're far too scruffy! Even at shows I look like a tramp. I try hard but it doesn't ever quite work :(
 
Mine's barefoot and I put cross country boots on.

He's only learning and last week he got too close and hit a fence quite hard and I was glad he had protection.

Mind you he's a tb and doesn't need shoes to injure himself.
 
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I have a set of PE ones that he wears possibly a little OTT but he has had a few speshul moments where he has seen the second fence and then forgoten hes half way over the first :rolleyes: and bashed his back legs. He doesnt wear over reach boots though.
 
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