Which Bandages??

[TheBayHorse1210]

Hi all, not sure whether to post this here or in New Lounge so will try here first.
I will be bringing home a loan horse for myself to do pony/riding club activities with soon. He is an 11 year old with a splint on his front leg and a rather odd shaped lump on his hind where he had a trailer accident. Although he is sound he hasnt been ridden for over a year due to original owners ill health and she has advised me that although he doesnt wear anything other than hind "wrap boots" when she goes for the odd plod down the lane, if I am planning to ride him regularly I hould put something on his legs. So here is my plan:
Schooling, jumping and hacking in dry weather: fleece bandages
Wet weather riding and xc including water complex where bandages will get wet, heavy and at risk of slipping of: Front padded tendon boots and sport/medicine wraps. The reason for the hind sport medicine wraps and not boots is because of the size and position of the lump, no boot will fit him comfortably (shame I forgot to take photos to emphasise this)

I already have a pair of tendon boots but am asking for you guys to give me your experiences of which fleece bandages are the best value for money/cheapest and also what are the cheapest sport medicine boots on the market (I am also scanning EBay daily to see if anything comes up).
He has been vetted and is sound and I will obviously be bringing him back into work extremely slowly and carefully with vet and riding instructors recomendations.
Thank You

 

[NOISYGIRL]

I wouldn't use fleece bandages, I like the Eskadron exercise bandages, they have a built in padded bit sewn onto the bandage so you don't have to use wraps, my friend used them on her horses and applied properly will not move or slip, she jumps in them at home and they don't move.

 

[Miss L Toe]

I agree to using protection while you bring horse back in to work, but I try to minimise the use of both boots and bandages once I am confident of hacking quietly on roads, as I want to build up strength in the ligaments, obviously if there is a conformation defect then you need to protect the legs, and the owner has asked for hind leg protection at all times.
You may not need to shoe at first [or long term!], just get the feet trimmed and see how it goes, you are only starting with 20 mins a day in the walk, building up to an hour or so over a period.
There is the danger that you keep heat in the legs which is not good either, but you can hose before and after exercise if you want.