How to poultice a horse who decides to take off?

[Milford]

Sorry to post again - horse decided to take off, break the string and gallop to the fields half way through me poulticing. Needless to say, when he arrived at the field, no poultice was left on.

I have really had enough!! Grrr!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I have done the poultice in the field before with two nosey... sorry helpful arabs stcking their noses in. You need a helper to hold the horse and to pass you stuff, but if the horse is more willing to stand still it's the better option.

Get everything together (scissors, gaffer tape, animalintex, nappy, vet wrap, bucket one with hot water for animalintex and bucket two with epsom salts and warm water).

Carry everything to lame horse with help from the helper.

Put headcollar on horse, put lame hoof in the epsom salt water bucket, then wait a bit.

Put animalintex in hot water, squeeze out excess and tip the rest of the hot water away (upturn that bucket for safety eg nosey fieldmates).

Once cool enough to not burn, remove hoof from bucket (again I'd upturn this bucket too) don't let the horse put it's hoof down. Put animalintex on sole, cover with nappy, wind vetwrap, cover with gaffer tape.

Let horse go.