Re:CTR: leg wrapping

[Gretchen Patterson <tpranch@internetwork.net>]

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> I have a question for a friend.  We're going to do our first
> competitive trail ride in Sept and she's going to be using her quarter
> horse.
>  Her horse has low pasterns and she usually uses performance
> boots to give
> him more support which seems to keep the windpuffs down.  I
> found out that
> the boots aren't allowed on the ride.  What can she do to wrap
> that would be
> allowed and would also give him support on his back legs.
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Dear Jen:  Absolutely nothing in the way of a wrap is allowed during
the course of a CTR.  That means from the time the horse is presented
to the veterinarian at check-in on Friday until check-out on Sunday afternoon. 
You can use water or ice on the legs after each day's ride or stand the
horse in buckets filled with water, but no wrap or bandage is allowed during
competition.

Gretchen Patterson, R4
http://www.horsemassage.com

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