Trailer partitions

[silvershadow81]

Can you get solid partitions to go in a trailer- ones which would go all the way down?

New girlie is a fan of her back legs and dont trust her with another horse in a trailer while we just have the 'flappy' skirt bit at the bottom!

Any links, experiences, if they do exist?!

Thanks

xx

 

[cjdjivanovic]

The reason why full-length partitions are so unusual now (apart from weight, and being cumbersome to move) is that the horse can catch it's coronet under the partition and do itself a nasty injury, which affects the hoof growth for ages afterwards. Horses tend not to tread on each other - look how NH horses make every effort to avoid fallers during a race. If you do manage to get full length partitions you may want to use over-reach boots on the feet on the side of the partition - ie the 2 off-side legs for the horse in the left compartment, and the 2 nearside feet for the horse in the right side compartment.