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why do race horses rarely have leg protection

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cavyrunsbarrels
Reg. Dec 2010
Posted 2015-05-30 1:36 PM
Subject: RE: why do race horses rarely have leg protection


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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

For any normal horse I'd say don't do it, but for race horses they only wear it a very short time so it has no bad side effects.
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missroselee
Reg. Jul 2006
Posted 2015-05-30 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: why do race horses rarely have leg protection


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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace		Racing horses is totally different from other disciplines.  Many many times wrapping race horses legs serves two major purposes, to prevent run downs, and to prevent injuries from kicking themselves.  For run downs, you can put felt patches under the last few layers of vet wrap, and/or a run down patch on the outside.  I have to use run down patches on my the front legs of my open 1D horse.  He will literally burn holes right through boots.

For a horse that kicks themselves, you can glue felt patches in the exact spot they kick themself.

The vet wrap is put on shortly before the race, and cut off with bandage cutters immediately afterwards.  And you don't have to worry about the glue getting on the horse, it's on the vet wrap.  Vet wrap is safer then boots and polos.  Polos can come undones, and boots are way too bulky, too heavy, and allow too much dirt in.
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