Recommendations: Steel toe cap boots

[cobandclyde]

Hi,

In 10 years of owning horses i've never felt the need to buy a pair of steel toe boots, but my mare stood on my right foot resulting in loosing my nail and then two weeks later, my gelding stood on my other foot and gave me a serious bruising.. so now I feel the need to see whats out there a bit sturdier than my leather yard boots!!

thanks

 

[dixie]

Equitector are great boots and smart

Ariat also do great ones.

I think Brogini do some as well but I don’t think the leather is quite as substantial.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I sometimes spend time accompanying students on a BHS training yard and was specifically recommended NOT to wear steelies on the yard!

Apparently there was a really horrible incident a while back where someone was wearing steelies and a horse trod on their foot. The steel toe-cap then caved in from the pressure of the horse standing on it, and their toe was then trapped within the boot by the steel cap pressing into it, with horrendous consequences.

Steel toe-capped boots are primarily tested for quick-impact injuries such as a hammer or brick dropping on the foot, rather than the constant loading pressure of a horse standing on it and pressing down.

 

[cobandclyde]

I sometimes spend time accompanying students on a BHS training yard and was specifically recommended NOT to wear steelies on the yard!

Apparently there was a really horrible incident a while back where someone was wearing steelies and a horse trod on their foot. The steel toe-cap then caved in from the pressure of the horse standing on it, and their toe was then trapped within the boot by the steel cap pressing into it, with horrendous consequences.

Steel toe-capped boots are primarily tested for quick-impact injuries such as a hammer or brick dropping on the foot, rather than the constant loading pressure of a horse standing on it and pressing down.

This was always why I didnt bother with them, but I felt very close to breaking something with my two incidents and feel quite lucky nothing worse happened! Actually feel a bit silly, it's the first thing you learn is to keep your feet away from theirs because the buggers will take advantage of an opportunity like that lol

Is there anything they'd recommend instead? Except for just being careful

 

[Gloi]

I wear my heavy duty walking boots and when I got stood on the other day it hardly made an impression. He's only 14h though.

 

[cobandclyde]

I wear my heavy duty walking boots and when I got stood on the other day it hardly made an impression. He's only 14h though.

I have thick leather yard boots.. but they seem to be no match to my 16hh cob x warmblood and my 17.2 Clydesdale!

 

[HappyHollyDays]

I wear and ride in Mountain Horse steel toe capped boots.

 

[cobandclyde]

I wear and ride in Mountain Horse steel toe capped boots.

Have you been stood on while wearing them?

 

[dixie]

I think the proper equine ones are tested to withstand a horse whereas other types are not. I’ve worn them for years but the only time I broke my foot I didn’t have them on ?. Horses do seem to catch the top of the foot rather than the toe which is not helpful either.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Have you been stood on while wearing them?

Yes but only by my unshod horse. The one with shoes is much more careful.

 

[Mule]

The way I see it is if a crush injury was heavy enough to compress your toe in a steel toe cap it would likely crush your toe to pieces in a normal boot

 

[teapot]

The way I see it is if a crush injury was heavy enough to compress your toe in a steel toe cap it would likely crush your toe to pieces in a normal boot

Equine ones usually haven't been tested to the correct strengths, and the edge of the steel can tend to slice, not crush... hence why they're not recommmended around horses.

 

[Gloi]

The way I see it is if a crush injury was heavy enough to compress your toe in a steel toe cap it would likely crush your toe to pieces in a normal boot

That's true but I've also heard of someone, non horsey having toes trapped in a crushed steel toe cap

 

[neddy man]

www.tuffaboots.com have 4 x different styles of safety jodhpur boots ( 3 of them are en iso 20345 approved) + loads of other long and short equestrian boots.

 

[dixie]

https://www.equitector.com/theboot.cfm?id=3

This is interesting on the safety and testing of the boots

 

[Peglo]

T stood on my Dunlop steel toe cap rubber boot and my foot whipped right out into a puddle with no injuries ?
I wear steel toe cap Muckler boots at work and I did need to break them in but they are great now.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Every Farrier I’ve met wears steel toed boots.

 

[rabatsa]

The chap who owned Equitector was retiring this autumn. I stocked up on extra pairs of boots when he told me.