THE HORSE GAZETTE
training
Training without force
to wrap or not to wrap
By Mary Rose, FBHS © 2009
Just a very few years they will never tone up but will
plication and that you yourself
ago there would have been no always be dependent on outside
apply them or check them every
question, no-one used leg wraps. support and have a tendency to
time. I have seen leg wraps,
We carry extensive tack, grooming, stable supplies, gifts, show
If you were training a horse who break down under stress.
with no cushion, applied by an
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did not move straight you would Harm can also be
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probably put brushing boots done by incorrectly applying
and ponies for their one hour
on before work, just in case. If the leg wraps, either making
of turnout in a small paddock!
Still not sure what to buy for that horse person on your list?
you were training a jumper you them too tight which would
This is asking for leg lameness
would probably protect his legs cause interruption in the free
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and should never happen.
with some variety of hard shell flow of blood to the lower
These pointless hab-
boot, just to be sure. But wrap- legs, or too loose, which means
its get started by fashion - some
ping the legs for support was there is a danger of the wraps
top show rider always appears
strictly limited to the strenuous unraveling, or even worse,
in leg wraps so everyone cop-
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cross-country day, day two, of with uneven pressure which
ies. Please let us all start using
a three day event, and then was can, by itself, cause serious leg
our common sense - yes, leg
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only done by someone practiced problems.
wraps make a wonderful fash-
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wraps, and securing them by horse every day for training Sunday: 12 Noon - 4 pm
stitching them in place. and work. I do not recommend
You can contact
So why did trainers this practice and suggest you
Mary at 512-589-3796 or 512-
limit the wrapping of legs only use brushing boots instead. If
894-4536 or visit her website at
to very stressful circumstances? you do use wraps make certain
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Why didn’t they use them every that you are expert in their ap-
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answer is simple. The horse’s
legs, like our own, are made
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