Over Reach Boots On Hind Legs

Why would you put over reach boots on hind legs.

Over reach boots on hind legs.

Here at ride away we stock a variety of over reach boots which are ideal for protecting your equestrian friend from overreaching injuries. I just use normal rubber over reach boots with velcro on hattie s hind legs for turnout as she has a tendency to step sideways onto the neighbouring hoof and pull off her shoe. Over reaching is a gait fault that results from a timing issue between the movement of the hind limbs and the front limbs of the horse and can cause injury for him if he doesn t have the right boots. There are also weighted bell boots that provide protection while helping to develop muscle and improve gait.

Over reach boots are for the front feet so the horse doesn t catch the back of them with his hind feet. Geoff billington uses this simple solution to a testing problem. Your friend needs some fetlock boots to use on the hind legs if he is scraping them against each other. Using overreach boots on the hind legs of one of his horses we had to ask the.