Endurance conditioning ride

Conditioning Arabian horses for endurance in Montana.
Both horses in Scoot Boots, one on all four, one on backs only.
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[@Kelly_Ben]

What a gorgeous place to train... and having such a well behaved fit dog to train with makes it even better! Question, I'm new to boots, and saw one of them only wears hinds. I've never seen that, could you explain it a little?

[@EnduranceHorseMT]

Hi Kelly, thank you, very observant :) He actually normally wears front boots too but he had blown an abscess on his heel so we left them off that day. Both of these horses have great feet and can go barefoot but we do pretty high mileage. This ride had a lot of gravel and we ended up slowing down at the end as he was getting a little tender on front....we were happy to get boots back on for the next ride!
Horses quite often go with just front boots but for those doing a long or fast miles I recommend using all four, otherwise they can end up compensating with the fronts because backs are tender, and that can throw a lot of things off. They may not exhibit lameness but when backs are added they will find another gear :)

[@Kelly_Ben]

@@EnduranceHorseMT Thank you so much, that's very good to know! Good luck on your upcoming adventures this year!

[@EnduranceHorseMT]

@@Kelly_Ben thank you!