travel boots or bandages? discuss

what do you travel your horse in?

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the reason i ask as it got me thinking today that if your horse fell in a trailor or lorry what would offer more protection. would boots just slip but would bandages be to thin to offer protection.
 
Other - If going for a trip out in the trailer (like for a hack or where-ever) I use nothing at all. If going to shows i use boots as they stop her mucking up her legs lol.
 
you dont use bandages on their own though (well shouldnt!) so the gamgee ups the thickness.

you could go the whole hog, bandages (inc. gamgee) knee boots, hock boots and poll guard but not many do...
 
xloopylozzax said:
you dont use bandages on their own though (well shouldnt!) so the gamgee ups the thickness.
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most travel boots are much thicker then gamgee and bandages. but would they tear as easy? lots to consider.
ps im not questioning your opinion, im just genuinly interested in what would be better as im thinking of giving bandages a go.
 
Once say a horse that tripped over its travel boots as they had slipped down, so bandages always, plus having a horse that did its check ligament and having to bandage every day for 6mths :eek: I’m really good at it and quite fast (wow how smug do I sound)
 
Bandages for me. I use them with knee/hock 'extra bits' gamgee (if that makes sense). I use them for 2 reasons, firstly I promised my late grandmother that I would always use them as they DO offer support and protection. Boots are not only more expensive (the good ones anyway) but there is no guarrentee they will stay up and often the horse gets sweaty and more agitated using them (in my own opinion.)
Secondly as they are cheaper they are easier to replace if damaged, easier on your purse that is!

I honestly believe that if a horse should fall down in transit, bandages do the job as Iam not convinced boots would. Often the velcro gets worn and fluff gets stuck to it so the fastening isn't as strong. - its a faff to keep clean too!
On the VERY odd occassion when I've been on my own with a VERY fidgety horse, I've bandaged the front and booted the back.
 
Nothing. Little pony kicks and kicks if she's wearing travel boots and the cob walks as if his legs belong to another horse if he's wearing them. Neither move in the trailer so don't put them on. My first cob wore either bandages or boots but didn't travel well and would usually pull off a hind shoe on the way there.
 
Travel boots ... although i have thought of using bandages under boots but think legs may get to hot!!! ... I would NEVER travel with nothing after seeing my friends mare fall trough a trailer floor, broke both legs and were unsightly!! :(
 
Horsehead said:
My friend is the same, she says that sometimes the others can be more dangerous if they slip etc

Me i'm not sure...
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My old YO used to be the same. She would say that the more you put on a horse to travel, the more likely something will slip off and make it panic. At the most she would put on a tail bandage, leg bandages, and if it was a big horse a poll guard. For the ponies she would just use a tail bandage and leg bandages. xx
 
Over reach boots, hock boots gamgee and bandages. whether a 5 minute down the road trip or a full on Essex to Yorkshire trip it is the same.

After a nightmare trip down from yorkshire where a set of travel boots slipped down so my mare was stood on them and then slipped all over the place I won't use boots again. Besides that I can't get boots that fit TB legs to my satisfaction
 
Haven't actually voted cos I'm in the process of trying to decide WHAT to get for my new boy. Have always used boots but now considering bandages and have been trying to decide the pro's and con's of both. Thanks for the poll ...have enjoyed reading the responses.

Will say this though, I prefer to put something substantial on the legs. I have lost a horse that in a trailer accident he managed to cut tendons in front leg (going back about twenty years). He was simply polo wrapped and overreach booted.
 
bandages - I think they are safer and offer more support and they always fit, while boots don't.
I use bandages for exercising as well...always did and I think I always will, guess I'm a bit old fashioned in this. Use pads underneath bandages and never had a problem.
 
Laska said:
bandages - I think they are safer and offer more support and they always fit, while boots don't.
I use bandages for exercising as well...always did and I think I always will, guess I'm a bit old fashioned in this. Use pads underneath bandages and never had a problem.
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what kind of pads do you use?

The other day one of the liveries used a set of polypads (velcro kind) with bandages over. That looked fairly secure as well as really cushioned. But I wonder if OTT? They'd at least be easy to wash.
 
These days I generally use nothing - if I am going for a lesson I would travel with brushing boots / exercise bandages & over reach boots on, ready for riding. If I was travelling a long distance I would go with bandages. When we were regularly travelling long distances I had some of the fybergee that shaped and came up over the knees and hocks. This was thinner than most travel boots, but I at least knew it wasn't going to slip and cause panic as they were secured with the bandages.

I do have 2 sets travel boots in my lorry that I inherited from people - but in all honesty I can't remember the last time I even got them out of the locker - they just never seem to sit right on any horse. So if anyone is looking for a cob size or full size set of travel boots let me know!! :D :D
 
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