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| I'm always interested to know how people decide how many boots to run on their horses? Do you have some horses that run differently?
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| I always run in Front and hind boots and also bells on the front and back, it sounds weird but my horse hits herself in the back sometimes so it's easier to keep her protected all around :) |
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| Fronts and hinds and only the one's that need them wear bells.... |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | All of mine get boots front and back and bells on front..except my gelding he gets front boots and bells no back boots....hes just like his mamma she hated back boots as well....strange the things that get passed on....m |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Bells and boots on the front, polos on the back, taped up. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | bell boots and fronts only except on Lucy who runs in bells plus boots on all four.
we had one gelding years who who only wore bell boots. he hated boots on his legs. it was weird at first but we bought him when he was 21 and he ran all his life without them. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Bells, leather split font and leather splint/skid combo backs on my gelding who interfers. Bells and SMB style fronts and backs on the mares, the big mare will not fire or run in the leather style ones. She hates them and it took me forever to find a pair of X-lG for her!!!! So they sit and collect dust because apparently no one else runs a part draft horse...kidding but she might as well be. |
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Miracle in the Making
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| please rember the old timers know but take them after you run and brush the legs dow get that crap off their legs
those leg wraps hold a lot of heat and the get gritty |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I have 3 who run in polos all the way around and 2 of them will tolerate boots if I'm pressed for time but I always have to polo wrap Streak's back legs as he hates boots. My 4th horse, Joker, runs in polos on the front & boots on the back because he'll burn through a pair of polos in about 2 runs. Everything wears bell boots even if I'm just exercising them at home. |
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Balance Beam and more...
Posts: 11493
Location: 31 lengths farms | vjls - 2015-06-25 2:13 PM
please rember the old timers know but take them after you run and brush the legs dow get that crap off their legs
those leg wraps hold a lot of heat and the get gritty
Yep, mine go on a drag or two before our run depending on the weather. |
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Elite Veteran
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| Bells, Front Boots, and back polos, taped of course. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | My seasoned mare is bells, front and hind....my colt bells and fronts, he does not like stuff on his back legs, I just got him tolerable to my BOT on him, he's a special character to say the least! |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Bells and fronts on and polos on the rear |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: NC | Bells and boots on fronts, polos on hind. My mare needs the polos, my gelding sometimes wont run in them if im to close in draw. I cant put them on too early or he kicks the entire time |
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Elite Veteran
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| run n rate - 2015-06-24 5:08 PM
Bells, leather split font and leather splint/skid combo backs on my gelding who interfers. Bells and SMB style fronts and backs on the mares, the big mare will not fire or run in the leather style ones. She hates them and it took me forever to find a pair of X-lG for her!!!! So they sit and collect dust because apparently no one else runs a part draft horse...kidding but she might as well be.
My mare requires minimum XL/XXL bell boots 24/7 due to her special shoes. Trust me, I feel your pain on the size thing. I have learned to like Black bells. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I ALWAYS ride, lunge, etc in bell boots. Always. For running, any of my horses will wear boots on all 4. The more protection from bumps and scrapes, the better. |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | The horses that have shoes on live in bell boots (the rubber pull ons).
I will put on boots (front and back), but only when I make a run. |
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Elite Veteran
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| I have done polos, and I'm sure it's my own fault for not doing them properly, but I can't run in them. I feel they are too loose and I'm petrified that they'll come undone and do more harm than good. I started using boots before I ever learned how to wrap polos, so it's probably my own fault for just being more comfortable with boots. I'm making it my mission to better learn how to wrap polos.
Everything wears bell boots when I ride, and if they're babies or doing pattern work they'll get boots all the way around during weekly workouts.
Someone once told me when I was young that if you don't put boots on the back and your horse goes to sit for a turn and burns their ankles in the dirt, they may stop sitting so hard. I just remember that every time I want to make a run, and true or not, I don't want to take the chance. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Fronts and bells no matter what and polos on back depending on ground conditions. I have one mare that doesn't get anything on the back regardless because she will clock a full second slower with back wraps. Took me forever to figure that out lol. |
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 Ms. Elvis
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Location: Running barrels or watching nascar | 6 on one horse (including bells) and 4 on the other. Ride/exercise with nothing or just bells.
Edited by barrelracer1983 2015-06-25 10:58 AM
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