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| Why do race horses rarely have leg protection on their front legs while running? Just wondering? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | TB's usually only have wraps on hind legs. QH's usually only wrap fronts. May be personal preference on trainers part. We wrap all fours in white vet wrap. |
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| May be a stupid question... but why vet wrap? i have seen it a lot. Just wondering? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Less weight the better. It is very light unlike polos or boots. |
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| makes sense. thanks! |
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Location: North Dakota | We always did all 4 in white vetwrap too. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 1:22 PM We always did all 4 in white vetwrap too.
We gallop in all white polos too! Nothing classier looking than a horse done up in all white! |
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Location: Bama | Do you use quilts under the vet wrap? I've been reading a lot on this lately and I believe some form of under "padding" is needed. Correct? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Not really. We just use the vet wrap for races. I have seen some use cotton, but I think it makes it bulky. |
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| We always wrapped ours in white vet wrap as well, it started out just fronts but started doing all 4. They look so pretty done up in white. I don't think tracks even allow boots of any kind in a race at least, we could use them to gallop and always had bell boots on to train. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | The vet wrap doesn't slip like polo wraps can and we feel wrapping gives some support. |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Why are you using vet wrap? What does it do for the horse? No way does it cause enough support to make a difference or stop a cut from happening. |
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| The track has specific rules. Vet wrap is the only thing they allow. No polos, no boots when it comes to racing. |
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| Race horses have the best conformations for the job at hand which keeps them going with less injuries.
Your farrier probably deals with more conformation problems than any other one person working with horses and he tries to solve their problems with a rasp, shoes, a hammer and nails. and then we begrudge him for stopping long enough to take a sip of cool water ... lol
Horses that you see wearing wraps usually have low /weak pastern problems, toe in or out, overreach problems or have burned their ergots previously running in deep race track dirt. If you look at your racing form under the equipment column ... you will find the letter "f" which means horse is wearing front bandages and probably rundown patches. If you see a one (1) after an equipment or medication symbol it means it is the first time horse has used this equipment or meds ... i.e. f1 ....
There is no ligament support in any type of bandage ... the protection is all for a little more impact resistance from striking themselves or from the track dirt. If you look at the bandages after the race you will notice one or all these ....the heel / ankle / pastern area of the wrap is worn through. How much depends on how coon footed your horse is or how deep the track is. ... Same as you wearing a hole in the heel of your sock wearing sloppy fitting boots ... lol
Use of track approved bandages can't be identified better than this video ... there is just one type used for the actual race ....
https://youtu.be/eOVeAWyZ818
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2015-05-29 4:20 AM
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| SKM - 2015-05-28 7:15 PM
The track has specific rules. Vet wrap is the only thing they allow. No polos, no boots when it comes to racing.
^^^^ In the old days some TB trainers down in FL used to put shockers in the polos before they outlawed anything besides vet wrap.
I dunno when it started being a rule but I remember them outlawing it and some ppl quit winning. |
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| I've always been told not to have vet wrap contact the skin of the horse. Can get too tight without you knowing and also it is very irritating. Put some on your arm or leg for a hour and you can tell how irritating it is |
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Location: Texas | Tatum2 - 2015-05-29 8:37 AM
I've always been told not to have vet wrap contact the skin of the horse. Can get too tight without you knowing and also it is very irritating. Put some on your arm or leg for a hour and you can tell how irritating it is
they are trained on how to put it on correctly. I wouldn't tell just anyone to grab vet wrap and try to do it. |
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| Tatum2 - 2015-05-29 6:37 AM
I've always been told not to have vet wrap contact the skin of the horse. Can get too tight without you knowing and also it is very irritating. Put some on your arm or leg for a hour and you can tell how irritating it is
It's not irritating to skin at all. My ankles are super bad and I've broken them and strained tendons, etc many times. I dont even bother with Ace wraps anymore. I wrap with vetrap and wear it all day. It's the only thing that supports it enough and doesn't irritate one bit |
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| casualdust07 - 2015-05-29 8:52 AM
Tatum2 - 2015-05-29 8:37 AM
I've always been told not to have vet wrap contact the skin of the horse. Can get too tight without you knowing and also it is very irritating. Put some on your arm or leg for a hour and you can tell how irritating it is
they are trained on how to put it on correctly. I wouldn't tell just anyone to grab vet wrap and try to do it.
Also, the vet wrap is only on for a short time on race day, as opposed to wrapping a wound where the wrap may stay on for 24 hours or more. |
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Location: North Dakota | total performance - 2015-05-28 1:26 PM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 1:22 PM We always did all 4 in white vetwrap too.
We gallop in all white polos too! Nothing classier looking than a horse done up in all white!
Our silks were black and white so the white wraps w/ black tape looked pretty snazzy! If white sport boots weren't so high maintenence is have them on my horses now. |
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