buffalo man

[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!