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| I've noticed when traveling long distances that a lot of people wrap their horses' legs. What are the do's and dont's of wrapping horses' legs for traveling? Do you use a no-bow bandage with a polo wrap or the elastic bandages? Or what is best? I know the proper way to wrap polos but didn't know if there were any special techniques used for traveling. We are making the 7 hour trip to Youth World this year and I'd like to make sure the legs are properly wrapped. Thanks for any tips. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | threecanman - 2014-05-20 3:57 PM
I've noticed when traveling long distances that a lot of people wrap their horses' legs. What are the do's and dont's of wrapping horses' legs for traveling? Do you use a no-bow bandage with a polo wrap or the elastic bandages? Or what is best? I know the proper way to wrap polos but didn't know if there were any special techniques used for traveling. We are making the 7 hour trip to Youth World this year and I'd like to make sure the legs are properly wrapped. Thanks for any tips.
I do standing wraps with no-bows (regular if it is really hot, BOT if it is cold or moderate) on all four legs.
Wrapping polos for performance is MUCH different than standing wraps. CRKTraining on YouTube has a great video on standing wraps. I'm on my phone, otherwise I'd post a link for you :) |
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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | threecanman - 2014-05-20 4:57 PM
I've noticed when traveling long distances that a lot of people wrap their horses' legs. What are the do's and dont's of wrapping horses' legs for traveling? Do you use a no-bow bandage with a polo wrap or the elastic bandages? Or what is best? I know the proper way to wrap polos but didn't know if there were any special techniques used for traveling. We are making the 7 hour trip to Youth World this year and I'd like to make sure the legs are properly wrapped. Thanks for any tips.
Standing bandages for standing wraps. No polos. The standing wraps are a different material, designed just for wrapping. I prefer no-bows. Quilts bunch up too much on me.
Schneiders has quick wraps, where the standing bandage is attached to the no-bow so you don't have to fumble around with it as bad. I have a set I used at Josey and I liked them pretty well.
There is definitely a learning curve for getting a good wrap job down. I still stink at it. LOL So I just leave them be for the most part, until I'm more comfortable with doing it.
Personally, I would just slather them with some mud rather than wrap. It's already going to be hot enough. I think some Sore No More poultice will keep their legs tight without adding the heat a wrap would. Just my opinion though.
That's if you're not wrapping for protection of course.
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I don't wrap. I don't want their legs to heat up. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I don't wrap. I don't want their legs to heat up. |
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| I was always told not to wrap because the heat makes their tendons loose and more prone to injury. However, I will wrap if they arent going to be competing right away and have plenty of time to cool off and tighten back up. I also have wrapped if hauling with a new horse but only on short rides. |
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Location: Phoenix | I don't wrap. I've tried standing wraps, polos, shipping boots--they all end up falling off and getting trampled. I prefer to use SNM poultice or liniment and dont wrap. We traveled 1600 miles and didn't wrap and the horses were completely fine. |
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| DO NOTHING different than you do at home going to barrel races... 7 hours is not a bad trip. You don't want to inflame anything by doing something for the first time.
To make you feel better ... take them for a long walk around the event area and spray water on their legs and clean out their feet once you arrive. |
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| Thanks for the tips!! I will definitely look into the Sore no More poultice!! |
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Location: NC | Ive hauled back and forth to northwest TN from NY (1000+ miles) and never wrapped. Both horses were just fine. If i did it again I wouldnt either. And that was in a 2 horse slant load with 2 horses |
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Location: North Dakota | For trips that are 2 to 3 hours, Red will get his Back-On-Track quick wraps.
For all other trips, I simply apply the homemade shipping boots that I made for my horses. I've never liked the ones you can purchase, and I don't wrap for the purpose of support (I wrap just to have something physical on the leg to protect from scrapes and knicks) so I don't use standing wraps.
Not the greatest picture, but this is my homemade shipping boots on my 3-yr-old. I take a few layers of fleece for the inside, then a "tougher" layer of material for the outside, along with some industrial strength velcro. They are nice and soft and provide physical protection.
At this point, I've never had the need to make a LONG haul, but if I were going longer than 8 hours, I probably wouldn't put anything on their legs in order to not trap any heat.
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-05-20 9:16 PM
I don't wrap. I don't want their legs to heat up.
People don't realize how much the trailer heats up and how much heat they are putting on those tendons...heat is bad!
I've seen some people use the hide suits along with wrapping with no bows and standing wraps and i'm like I wish you'd get in the back with all that on in the middle of summer and see how comfortable you are when you get to a race. Also, I know the purpose of hides suits but as an athlete I never liked wearing under armor or heat releasing compression suits while running track or playing softball.
One more thing I want to add is if you don't have a problem your trying to fix or issues already there is no reason to do this. For example, you have one that stalks up bad on long hauls. BUT do NOT just slap some wraps and no bows on one that you have never done so on before at home and know if they are going to bother the wraps. I've seen people go to World that have never hauled anywhere farther than 3 hrs or so and they think they need to wrap. Horse never had wraps on and stomped the whole time in the trailer which equals a sore horse.
Edited by WalknFaith 2014-05-21 10:09 AM
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Location: Sunny So Cal | I took my horses from Southern California to Canada, which was like 30 hours of driving and didn't wrap. Their legs get hot and they are likely to slide down. Plus one of my horses kick the trailer so they are always falling down on him which then makes him kick more. He is kind of a naughty boy. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | mine get wrapped if im going 5 minutes down the road or 5 hours...........i use bot quick wraps and equine classic wraps.........
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Location: North Louisiana | My friend that does racehorses says HECK NO!! never wrap
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | WalknFaith - 2014-05-21 10:02 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-05-20 9:16 PM I don't wrap. I don't want their legs to heat up. People don't realize how much the trailer heats up and how much heat they are putting on those tendons...heat is bad! I've seen some people use the hide suits along with wrapping with no bows and standing wraps and i'm like I wish you'd get in the back with all that on in the middle of summer and see how comfortable you are when you get to a race. Also, I know the purpose of hides suits but as an athlete I never liked wearing under armor or heat releasing compression suits while running track or playing softball. One more thing I want to add is if you don't have a problem your trying to fix or issues already there is no reason to do this. For example, you have one that stalks up bad on long hauls. BUT do NOT just slap some wraps and no bows on one that you have never done so on before at home and know if they are going to bother the wraps. I've seen people go to World that have never hauled anywhere farther than 3 hrs or so and they think they need to wrap. Horse never had wraps on and stomped the whole time in the trailer which equals a sore horse.
I used to think I needed to wrap and then went to a Charmayne James clinic. Someone asked her opinion on wrapping and she said she never did because of the heat. Once I thought about it, it made sense. I've never wrapped since no matter how far I go. |
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Location: South Georgia | The overwhelming majority of professional haulers do NOT wrap. |
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| When we hauled to Springfield for HS nationals, we used mud on my mare's legs. The only time I will actually wrap them is if I'm hauling in a trailer with no dividers with strange horses, for the physical protection aspect of it. |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | threecanman - 2014-05-21 10:25 AM
Thanks for the tips!! I will definitely look into the Sore no More poultice!!
I don't know where you normally go for tack and stuff, but I picked up my Sore No More from Double LL in Coats. I use the spray almost every time I ride and I have the mud on hand for stalling or hauling a long way.
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | WalknFaith - 2014-05-21 8:02 AM
CYA Ranch - 2014-05-20 9:16 PM
I don't wrap. I don't want their legs to heat up.
People don't realize how much the trailer heats up and how much heat they are putting on those tendons...heat is bad!
I've seen some people use the hide suits along with wrapping with no bows and standing wraps and i'm like I wish you'd get in the back with all that on in the middle of summer and see how comfortable you are when you get to a race. Also, I know the purpose of hides suits but as an athlete I never liked wearing under armor or heat releasing compression suits while running track or playing softball.
One more thing I want to add is if you don't have a problem your trying to fix or issues already there is no reason to do this. For example, you have one that stalks up bad on long hauls. BUT do NOT just slap some wraps and no bows on one that you have never done so on before at home and know if they are going to bother the wraps. I've seen people go to World that have never hauled anywhere farther than 3 hrs or so and they think they need to wrap. Horse never had wraps on and stomped the whole time in the trailer which equals a sore horse.
Ditto ditto ditto.
Nail on the head. I tried to be one of those people once--wrapping to a far away rodeo. My barrel horse kicked so bad the first 5 mins in the trailer BEFORE we left that I took them off. I never worried about it after that!!! |
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Location: Texas | I currently don't wrap. When I do wrap, I use no bows and standing wraps. |
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Location: Texas | I wrap if I'm going a mile down the road IF I'm competeing. I Wrap in quilted wraps with polos. I wrap the night before and I unwrap as soon as I get there. Sometimes I will put some liniment on their legs it just depends on how their legs fill to me. I don't like to put a whole lot of stuff on their legs bc I don't want them to get to hot. |
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Wrapping legs for travel