Do you hack with knee boots? *poll*

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Started hacking my horse more now and think I might invest in some knee boots. Just wondered how many use them regularly?
 
I don't but then I've only ever had a couple of horses fall over with me, one was a baby and decided it would be fun to climb a bank and fall back onto the road and scrape her knees, and one was when my mare decided to look behind her just as she was about to step on a huge stone and she fell and cut her knee and fetlock. It's one of those things I think that most people risk because they haven't had an accident happen. We could easily wrap horses up too much! I'm sure if I had a bad fall I would use them.
 
I dont even though i mainly hack as i dont have a school on my yard.

really should invest in some but i always feel thats its tempting fate
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I used to use leather ones which were OK then used synthetic ones but I could not get them to stay up. Had to resort to tightening them really tight which can hardly be good and then they would keep falling down. Also I am not sure they would not flip up if the horse fell rather than stay over the knee. I think the leather ones would be better but still question how good they actually are.
 
I tried once and they slipped down even though I thought I had done them up so tight it was going to cut off the circulation. Unless you are on a horse that is likely to slip it seems one more piece of tack that can go wrong and complicate your ride to me
 
I always do. I use the combination brushing knee boots by westropp. They dont restrict them at all and you can gallop and jump in them. Although they may not give total protection they put my mind at rest. I wouldnt forgive myself if either of mine went down on their knees and werent protected when on the road. I have seen the damage it can do.
 
The ones I have a re extremely rigid and were not made with comfort in mind, but do a good job in keeping my horses knees in one piece over big big wall country, because lets face it- some of the walls we jump out hunting the only thing that is going to give is the horse. I do wonder about havking in some- after CCJ's pictures of here mare after that nasty fall, it is something to think about, but I wouldnt hack out in my pair, as they are not comfortable- something Oshk can put up with for 7days a season I guess. I dont think hacking out in knee ones appeal to me- most were designed to travel in.
 
I always hack in knee boots. I prefer not to risk it should she slip, but then it's a personal choice and there is no right or wrong.

I hack for many hours at a time and even canter in mine and I've never had them fall down on me. They're only cheap Westropp knee boots, but they give me peace of mind as Patches used to trip and some of our roads are also slippery as they have SMA road surface on them.

I don't put her in knee boots on pleasure rides, but they are mainly off road.
 
I have never hacked out in them other than at work, but after seeing those photos of Layla Im thinking about starting to!
 
Always!! I hack on the roads and off road too so i just dont think its worth the risk. Ive never had one go down but have seen a friends that has- not good.
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carthorse - do they not flap about? I assume they are Westropp ones (not seen any others but I suppose there may be other types)? We used to use them on a mare who had a tripping problem but they made an awful flapping noise! That was about 10 years ago though so they may have changed?
 
I have some and can't use them on Patches as they always turn inwards and she ends up with no knee protection.
 
No, I have two pairs, old woof ones and westhrop ones.I gallop through the woods and jump no problem.Love them.Had the skeleton ones come down once when they got wet going through a river ,think the elastic stretched, so never trusted them again
 
We used to years ago but got idle about it, but after Layla's knee pics (go and look in picture gallery under Cazcrazyjonty to see what I mean it's headed Layla ) all ours are now hacking in boots!
Layla is healing really well thanks to the honey dressings, even CCJ is astonished how they work.
None of ours have ever fallen before and we still have no idea why she tripped, but she has had her back done and is bucking and leaping round the field on a slope without any sign of a problem, so will put it down to young horse clumsiness.
If your horse does slip, boots would save the result shown in those pics...
 
Used to hack in knee boots when pony was a youngster but they were more trouble than they were worth as they just wouldn't stay up.

Tried two different sorts of leather boots and some synthetic ones. I guess if your horse has big knees they'd stay put, but mine doesn't.
 
I always put them on to my elderly mares when riding them out. With the new type of slippery road surfacing that they seem to be rolling out accross the country I won't risk not wearing them. I use the leather/felt ones from Jefferies.
 
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