What kind of no-turn bell boots do you like?

[eponacowgirl]

New question: What are your neat trick and tactics and what gear do you use to keep your horses shoes on his feet? My horse pulls his RF (his clubby foot) when I get him to a crappy distance, usually this happens more when moving up a level and almost only in competition.

Old question: I always use rubber pull ons on my horse, but he has started losing those more than keeping them in competition, so that’s not gonna work.

I had a friend run up and buy me a pair of no-turns at the last show, the magyk equipe brand, and they turned. There’s a chance they’re too big, but not sure any smaller would cover his whole heel. I like them otherwise and if I pull them tight enough they stay put better.

So I’m looking at SLT and there are 8 million brands… which should I get?

[SomethingSpecial]

I really like Davis bell boots. They don’t rub and are pretty durable. They wont turn either. My horse is in them 24/7 including at shows.

[FrittSkritt]

Professional’s Choice ballastic or the similar Classic Equine ones. (The ProChoice ones run SMALL, though… my guy takes an XL and he only has size 2 feet, whereas he’s a Medium in most rubber bell bots.)

[beau159]

Myself personally, I like the Classic Equine Dyno-Turn bell boots. They fit all my horses great and they do not turn. If you get the ballistic material (not the patterns that have a clear coating on them), they will last forever.

I’ve tried the Professional’s Choice bell boots before and while I am big fans of their SMB 3 sport boots, I don’t like their bell boots. They just don’t seem to fit right.

[Duckz]

I second the Professionals Choice bell boot. Like FrittSkritt mentioned, the run quite small. My ottb has a size 1 shoe and goes in the large pro choice. Mine have held up to almost daily use for the past six months and they’re just starting to show signs of wear.

[wildlifer]

oooo oooo raises hand I just wrote about this, b/c my past experiences with “no turn” have been “basically always turn.”

http://www.teamflyingsolo.com/2014/09/who-knew-horze-sold-holy-grail-of-bell.html

[yourcolorfuladdictio]

Classic Equine Dyno-Turn I have a pair I bought last year that look newer than the pair of Professional Choice Ballistic Nylon No-Turns that I bought sometime earlier this year.

I also find that the Classic Equine Dyno-Turns stay in place better. I’ll admit that mine don’t come all the way down to the ground, either of mine, but I’m more concerned about my mare kicking the back of her foot and then grabbing her shoe rather than just sneaking under the bell boot and grabbing a shoe. She has yet to throw a shoe yet and she can be a bit… athletic… in the field.

[SouthernYankee]

Petal Boots

[runNjump86]

Professional’s Choice!!! My guy lives in the no-turns, I just keep them loose and got them a size big and they work great. I run XC in them and haven’t had any issues yet.

[Equibrit]

Definitely no turn.

http://www.doversaddlery.com/a-cavallo-no-turn-bell-boot/p/X1-04196/

[PNWjumper]

[QUOTE=Equibrit;7758003]
Definitely no turn. http://www.doversaddlery.com/a-cavallo-no-turn-bell-boot/p/X1-04196/[/QUOTE]

Do you ride in these and do they stay put?

I have a pair and I have yet to find a horse that they stay put on. By the end of every ride, at least one of the boots (if not both) are up around my horses’ fetlocks. Same goes for those I’ve watched ride in them…and that’s in the relatively groomed area of a show jumping arena.

For shows/riding, I just found these bell boots:
http://www.equusport.com/item.php?item_id=324&category_id=79

I haven’t ridden in them yet, but I got a great recommendation. I was busy putting my upper level horse’s typical get-up on at a show a few weeks ago. I happened to be stabled across from the Coral Reef horses (big barn for those that don’t know the name) and after a few days of being [good-naturedly] laughed at by the grooms (my routine is - one wrap of TESA tape, quarter bell boot, 3 pieces of TESA tape to hold on the quarter bell boot, and then drop my pull-on rubber bell boot down over that), one of them walked over with one of these boots that they use on their shoe-pullers and showed it to me. I ordered a pair that night. They’re not cheap, but certainly less than my combined purchases of quarter bell boots and TESA tape. There’s a little piece that kind of wedges into the heel bulb that keeps them from slipping up or around. And quite frankly, I think that anything highly endorsed by those guys gets a pretty high mark in my book!

I will say that the issue I’m trying to combat is that my horse loves to rip a shoe off when we’re showing on grass/uneven footing in the big classes. He also enjoys ripping his bell boots off on occasion at the base of jumps (super fun moment for all involved as you get the excitement of that split second where you think you’re about to crash down in a heap before the boot pulls off and he makes it over). I’m excited to have boots that remove all of the time I spend under my guy now trying to get all of his layers situated appropriately. But if you want a no-turn option that is equally as effective - TESA tape and a cheapie quarter bell boot (the $6.95 version work as well as any of the others) will also do the same thing for you.

[Divine_Comedy]

I use the rubber pull-on ones for competitions and basically consider them semi-disposable. They do their job, and 50% time yeah, I come back missing one or both, but never a shoe, and never had him trip while stepping on them or losing them.

In fact, I know we had a damn good ride with no missteps if I come back with both.

Since they are around $10, I don’t mind replacing them periodically.

[Duramax]

PNWJumper, tell me more about the boots that you linked to! The strap goes in the front?

[PNWjumper]

[QUOTE=Duramax;7758611]
PNWJumper, tell me more about the boots that you linked to! The strap goes in the front?[/QUOTE]

Yep, they’re basically buckle-on leather quarter bell boots that then have a secondary piece that cover the back of the shoe and also buckles in the front, so there are two buckles on the front of the hoof. They protect the heel bulb like any bell boot, but then also stay in place over the back of the shoe to keep the horse from pulling shoes as well.

[eponacowgirl]

[QUOTE=Divine Comedy;7758075]
I use the rubber pull-on ones for competitions and basically consider them semi-disposable. They do their job, and 50% time yeah, I come back missing one or both, but never a shoe, and never had him trip while stepping on them or losing them.

In fact, I know we had a damn good ride with no missteps if I come back with both.

Since they are around $10, I don’t mind replacing them periodically.[/QUOTE]

That was my theory, too, but after he pulls the boots, he usually pulls the shoe shortly thereafter… and he can’t afford to pull any more shoes this season.

[Divine_Comedy]

[QUOTE=eponacowgirl;7758683]
That was my theory, too, but after he pulls the boots, he usually pulls the shoe shortly thereafter… and he can’t afford to pull any more shoes this season.[/QUOTE]

Damn, well that certainly changes the equation. Mine at least has the courtesy to leave his shoes on afterwards!

[flypony74]

I had a pair of the Classic Equine that lasted through my previous two green horses, always stayed in place, really liked those a lot. They do run small, as the little mare I has wasn’t substantial and size large fit her her. I got a pair of the Pro Choice ballistic for Ben because they are the only ones that come in XXXL for Percheron feet.

[eponacowgirl]

[QUOTE=PNWjumper;7758062]

For shows/riding, I just found these bell boots:
http://www.equusport.com/item.php?item_id=324&category_id=79

I haven’t ridden in them yet, but I got a great recommendation. [/QUOTE]

Have you ridden in these yet? Any chance you could take some photos of what they look like? My guy yanked his shoe off at fence one on XC this weekend when I got him to a crappy distance. This is now a reoccurring issue (he yanks his RF shoe trying to sort out the shit distance I get him to) so I have got to find a plan B. I’m headed down to walking horse country in the morning and they have a similar kind of quarter boot that I think I’m going to have to suck it up and buy.

I played with the “shoe secures” but for one, they don’t work with my normal studs, and 2… I just… am uncomfortable with the amount they change the way the foot lands. Maybe ok for hacking but… I don’t know.

There has to be a better way to keep shoes on horses.

[goodmorning]

Anyone try the Kentucky ones?
https://www.kentucky-horseshop.com/en/over-reach-boots.html
https://www.kentucky-horseshop.com/en/solimbra-d30-over-reach-boots.html