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First, if you are not accustomed to wearing them, you will do best to use 
them on long training rides at home first. If your horse does not interfere, 
you may never need them. Bell boots are a nasty thing to wear unless your 
horse forges (hits the back of his or her front feet with the front of  the 
back feet). I have seen quite a few horses sore in the pasterns after 
wearing them on the trail. I would inspect the inside of your horse's 
fetlock joints after every ride..carefully. If you see no marks, IMO leave 
well enough alone. I prefer, personally to wear the lightest, smallest 
interference boots I can find on rides, just for added protection. The 
combination ones you are describing sound definitely like overkill..heat 
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> From: Buzzard's Roost <buzzardsroostbbq@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   splint & bell boots vs. sport boots
> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:48:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Here's another decision I need help with:
>
>   My horse doesn't interfere, but he can get trippy when he gets tired, so 
> I want to use some sort of leg protection on our 1st 50 just to be safe.  
> (We usually ride bare-legged).  I thought I'd buy splint & bell boots, but 
> then I remembered that I have a pair of those sport boots/wraps with the 
> built-in bell boot so now I'm wondering if I should just wear those 
> instead.
>
>   Are you not supposed to wear the sport boots for extended periods?  I 
> seem to recall something about that, but can't remember.  I don't think 
> I've ever seen an endurance horse wearing sport boots, so that should tell 
> me something....
>
>
>
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