How does everyone travel their horses?

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I'm curious to know how eveyone travels their horses? Especially if horses are travelling together?

As per my other post i'm going to beach with a friend at weekend. I am thinking about travelling my horse in overreach boots and tail guard. Taking a sweat/travel rug with me in case he is hot/sweaty etc for the way back. My horse isnt used to to travel boots.

What do you travel your horse in?
 
Depends on the horse and the journey. Big girl is always travelled in travel boots, the natives often go bare, new boy doesn't like travel boots and I haven't done any work to get him used to them yet so he wears over reach boots and brushing boots. I only use tail guards if they are plaited as none of them have ever rubbed their tails.
 
If I am travelling them locally they go bare on their legs with whatever rug is appropriate for the weather - I would rarely travel them in a trailer with no rug.

If going on a long journey I shut the back doors on trailer, appropriate travel rug, doesn't matter what sort as long as it's breathable, and gamgee and bandages on their legs.
 
horse hates travel boots, pulls them off before he gets to trailer!

either bandages or brushing boots, tail guard or bandage if plaited and fleece, i also use a leather head collar for travelling in.

If i have ever travelled with another we have to tie up very short as they just bicker throughout the journey, doesnt matter how much forage available, just so happens my boy likes to look backwards when travelling and so did the other horse and there just isnt room for two of them trying to look out the back!
 
Travel my horse in a two horse trailer which has been converted into 3/4 / 1/4 with the partition so Bails has lots of room for his legs to stretch, and its convenient as I can put all my other stuff the other side.

Has travel boots, tail cover (co's he gets excited about going out and sometimes poohs all down his tail). Has leather headcollar (I am an extreme hater of webbing headcollars and think they should be banned - seen so many accidents with them). Tied to bailing twine although net tied directly to ring. Back top doors open, front shut up. Don't tie up short as they use their heads/necks to balance so need it relatively long. If its particularly rainy I will shut his side of the trailer top door.

He travels so well that last year when he stopped loading (normally trots onto trailer) I was most concerned and got Dad to go over it with a fine tooth comb. Never found out the reason why, thankfully his fine now.
 
Travel boots, no tail wrap (he has a skimpy tail so they tend to fall off). And a thermatex type rug if it's an early start. Usually he will travel back from shows with no rug on, as it's later in the day and warmer.
 
travel boots (my horse fell over in the trailer earlier this year & if it hadn't have been for his boots his legs would have been in a right state - should have seen the rips on the boots!!) tail bandage is a must or he comes out with a porcupine tail, fleece if needed.
 
Sports medicine boots what they get ridden in!

No tail guard needed ponies travel well and don't sit on tail at all

Rug only if its freezing
 
At the moment I've got the free use of a friends trailer which doesn't have partitions in. It's a bit of a pain but will do until I get my new trailer this weekend - after months of looking for exactly what I want!!

My boy is a pain in the bum to load, to put it politely. I have to load him in a bridle, he turns round and drags you away if just in a headcollar. I also can't load him with his boots on - I have to load him first THEN put travel boots on. Which obviously won't happen when I get new trailer with partitions - he'll have to learn to go in with boots on.

I'm taking my 2 to the beach next week to try out new trailer, also 4 year old's first time in a trailer (apart from chasing him into trailer without partitions 2 years ago when we bought him to get him home) so I probably won't put boots on him, he's never had them on before and I don't want to give him another excuse not to load!

I usually put a fleece rug on my pony when in the trailer, mainly because we're going to a show to keep him clean. My boys are fjords so have quite chunky bums so will probs put fleeces on them in the trailer with partitions in case they get a bit squashed and rub themselves on something!
 
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