buffalo man

[Swap Fliparoo]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I was there today and it was interesting... walking in the paddock, they had front wraps on Buffalo Man, but when he was saddled, they took the wraps off. Does anyone know why they would do this?

Were they VetWrap rundowns, like horses wear in the back for races??

Lots of times, i have seen horses come into the paddock with velcro splint boots, just to keep them from rapping a leg on the walk over, that are meant to be taken off during saddling. But they look much thicker than run-downs...

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

Were they VetWrap rundowns, like horses wear in the back for races??

Lots of times, i have seen horses come into the paddock with velcro splint boots, just to keep them from rapping a leg on the walk over, that are meant to be taken off during saddling. But they look much thicker than run-downs...

They were bright blue polo wraps.

[Swap Fliparoo]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

They were bright blue polo wraps.

Oh, then i wouldn't read anything into that as far as unsoundness... in KY i have noticed a lot at Keeneland that wear bell boots over, and certain trainers use polos on all their horses, since it's quite a busy walk/paddock scene...

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

Oh, then i wouldn't read anything into that as far as unsoundness... in KY i have noticed a lot at Keeneland that wear bell boots over, and certain trainers use polos on all their horses, since it's quite a busy walk/paddock scene...

Yeah, I wasn't worried because they actually took the wraps off before he ran, but I was just curious as to why they would have had them on at all. I thought they may have been trying to sweat him out or something, but they don't typically do that right before a race, do they?

[Swap Fliparoo]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Yeah, I wasn't worried because they actually took the wraps off before he ran, but I was just curious as to why they would have had them on at all. I thought they may have been trying to sweat him out or something, but they don't typically do that right before a race, do they?

Anything requiring a "sweat" on the leg would probably be bad enough that it would scratch out of the race. At least in the horses i've wrapped, it has to be a fairly significant injury/swelling, with saran-wrap over the area before the bandage. Can't speak for everyone, though!