Traveling a hobbled horse?

[TequilaMist]

Person at yard was at a show and someone arrived took down ramp of lorry and horse was hobbled.
Anyone ever seen this before?Just wondered why?

 

[Bosworth]

Well If it was anything like one I knew it would the only way to arrive with the lorry/trailer in one piece. The horse would not be able to kick out, was it cross hobbled or pair hobbled? Both back legs? It was suggested to me for the horse we owned because he would cow kick the back of the lorry when we stood still

 

[TequilaMist]

It was front legs hobbled.
Just neversaw/heardof travelling horse hobbled before

 

[Buzzby84]

Yes its common, most pro riders hobble horses and i fully understand why, having seen 2 horrific accidents, one where the horse kicked through the lorry and tore its leg to shreds and the other the horse had attempted to jump the partition and staked itself in the chest, both pts in the lorries.

 

[rambling]

Probably done to stop it pawing the floor .

 

[Clippy]

Sounds highly dangerous to me...

 

[Pheme]

Sounds highly dangerous to me...

Bit risky for me too Obviously the horse got there fine, but I'd be scared to travel hobbled horses.

 

[millitiger]

may have been done to stop it putting its feet up on the tack lockers too.

 

[ISHmad]

I think I'd be spending lots of time getting the horse comfortable with very short journeys and building from there. Cannot see how it is at all safe for a horse to travel whilst hobbled.

 

[zoon]

I know a lady who travels her horse hobbled behind and then ties these hobbles to the horses head with a rope underneath it, through front legs and then up to headcollar. Apparently to stop it cow kicking in the lorry. Mad if you ask me - horse is screwed if it loses its footing

 

[YasandCrystal]

A friend had a coloured gelding for a short time who was a dreadful traveller - he would jump the partitions, so actually hobbling a horse like him may have stopped that behaviour. It wasn't a piebald hunter type was it?

 

[Milanesa]

we had a polo pony that we bought, when it arrived it was rear hobbled and we were told it always had to be hobbled. Obvioulsy we tried it immediately without with a short journey and good, experienced driver, but with big thick travel boots on its back legs, it kicked a few times but soon stopped, we have never used them since and the grooms just make sure it is booted up to travel...