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Location: MI | What leg protection do y'all recommend if a gelding is knocking himself at the coronet on the inside of his hinds? He doesn't currently wear leg protection on hinds, would boots at the ankle provide enough protection to keep him from stepping on himself when turning around the barrels? Or bells? |
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| They have full rear boots that come down - Pro Choice calls them Slide-Tec's. However I don't know what kind of range of motion they have, may be too bulky.
I have seen folks use bells on the back for ones that interfere too, you get goofy looks but it works.
I'd also find someone really good at gait analysis, a vet or chiro, and see if you can determine why he's interfering, if it's conformation or something that could be adjusted in his trim etc.
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Location: MI | Good point, thanks. He is predisposed to it in his conformation. Im not sure if I can trim it out or not...but it's worth asking my vet/farrier. |
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| Absolutely, maybe maybe not. I grew up riding with a friend who had a fabulous hunter who interfered in the rear, he wore gum pull on bell boots at all times at home and warmed up in Velcro bells until just before they went in the ring.
Depending on how badly he interferes you could also try just vet wrapping around the heel bulbs before a run if he's not bad enough to tear that right up |
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| Ridenrun4745 - 2017-07-23 12:03 PM
Good point, thanks. He is predisposed to it in his conformation. Im not sure if I can trim it out or not...but it's worth asking my vet/farrier.
What is his conformation flaw??
Let's see pictures of a headon front leg shot and rear shot of rear legs...
and knee down with hooves on all 4 feet.
And his allbreed pedigree ..
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2017-07-23 1:56 PM
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| Saw a horse at a barrel race yesterday with bell boots on the hind legs. Seemed to work. |
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Location: MI | With the little I've read, need to be careful with the hind bells that they aren't long enough that the horse may step on them? Someone said to cut off the bottom inch, I may try it.
The vet wrap may work too. He's just rubbing it a little, no big cuts. I just don't want it to turn into more.
I don't have those pictures at the moment. He isn't bred special, he's grade with known parentage (FM Grimmie, I think, on all breed if interested). He's been a good minded gelding so far though, so I'd like to keep him comfortable.
He does tend to wear his medial hoof wall quicker than the outside. We've been tweaking his trims the last 8 weeks; I'm not sure it it's that or if it's that he's turning a bit harder than before. A bit of both, I'd assume. |
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| I knew I had of something for coronet protection before...found them! They are scalping boots. Might try them out?
https://www.amazon.com/Equipro-Horse-Scalping-Boots/dp/B00EJNYSKM |
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Location: sunny california | elastikon will work way better than vetwrap |
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Location: North Dakota | I was going to suggest using bell boots on his hinds. I see a horse every now and then wearing bell boots on back. Do what you gotta do. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | FB Angela Festervan. She's making videos about different types of leg protection. She might have an idea or know a product that would help. |
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| I have a mare that will hit her right hind coronet band with the left hind. Its a confirmation flaw. We keep a rubber fetlock ring on her 24/7 and it seems to be helping. |
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| bell boots will work well for this - a friend runs her good mtd shooting horse with a single classic equine no turn bell boot on the hind as her mare interferes back there. Hasn't hurt a bit, horse won a crap load of money last year too. |
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Location: MI | Thanks all, I really appreciate the feedback! Will experiment with bell boots first I think, but will definitely look at others too! |
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