Small Professional Choice Tack Ballistic Overreach Horse Bell Boot Pair

Our TB was forever pulling/mangling shoes and injuring himself during turnout (recently requiring stitches and four weeks stall rest!) so we needed something better to protect his front feet.These are just the thing! They have worked wonderfully and he has not been able to fiddle with them and get them off! They seem very durable and protect the entire back of the heel down to the ground in the back and do not swivel around. As others have noted, they do run small so make sure you order up. We needed XL for our rather slender legged 16hh TB.

I needed over reach boots and bought these.They fit well and stay in place. I ordered large size and had to return them as they were too small. I reordered 2xl and that was a fit. Not sure if they come up small or I don't know how big my horses feet are. Probably the latter. Any way they were changed with no problems.

I have used these on my thoroughbred since I got him 8 years ago. He is a perpetual shoe puller and these have done great. I can usually get 2 years of work out of them before I replace them (not that they even need it, I'm just picky.) I love that these don't turn while riding, he has to do something real funky to get one to turn during a ride. Super easy to clean & he's also never gotten any rubs from them and I use them every. single. ride.

These are my favorite bell boots and I have them in several colors to use for turnout and riding. They stay in place very well and are cut longer in the back, which provides added protection for my horse. They hold up great – I think they're the sturdiest bell boots I've ever used! When it comes to sizing, I've found that they run a little small. I use a size medium on my 15 hand German Riding Pony who has delicate feet. They're also really easy to clean – I just brush them off or rinse them off with the hose.

I love these Bell Boots! After making the mistake of trying to ride my horse in Davis PVC bellboots, he was left with a pastern rub. Not to mention the awful flop flop flop sound of a plastic or rubber bell boot while riding. These bell boots (when properly fitted) are silent and do their job very well! I RARELY get off after an hour ride and see the boot turned. This is HUGE for me as I know they're staying in the exact place they belong to provide the most protection. Make sure you size UP. My horse is 16.1 with a size 2 shoe, and I ordered XL in these when he typically would take a size L. The XL fits perfectly.

These boots have been a staple in my barns for years. They're my first choice for overreach boots, well-made and durable. I've had them on horses of all sizes and all manner of traveling. I ride nearly every athletic dressage horse with these boots on their front feet. Something to consider, though: when you go up in size for a wide foot, you are also increasing the length in the back of these boots. Depending on the angles of your horse's feet and how you keep them trimmed/shod, larger boots will almost certainly be too long. Too-long boots will be stepped on by your horse, and could cause bruising on the heel and back of pastern, and excess wear on the boot. For one 17.3h horse with hooves the size of dinner plates, I had to order XXL boots and then have them altered by a blanket repair shop to be cut and re-hemmed in the back to be shorter. It added some time and expense to the initial purchase of the boot, but was well worth it in fit. Now I have Medium boots on my 16h 4-yr-old Warmblood with average feet. They fit, but could definitely not be any smaller. A particularly rambunctious bucking spree during turnout in deep footing can dislodge the boots off her feet, but it's not very often. I considered upsizing her to a Large boot to create a more secure fit in the velcro, but the Large boots are much too long unless I have them altered. Well-fitted boots will last me about 2 years of every day workouts in various footings. By then the edges will be worn and frayed enough to consider replacing, but will still protect the heel well enough from overreach.

These are excellent bell boots. Take a licking as turnout boots & come back for more. I ordered purple so I could find them when my horse finds a magical way to remove them in the field, and the color is lovely. Only reason I can't give these 5 stars is that I don't comprehend how the sizing could be so crazy!! I ordered an XL for my 15.1 hand horse with pretty average/small feet and they BARELY fit. These aren't an option for my 16.3 warmblood.

I ordered a size Large for my 15.2 1100 lb. "usually size Medium", Quarter Horse mare. You will want to size up, as suggested in previous reviews. These are well made, a nice fit and if you snug them up they do not turn. Good coverage across the heel and on the sides. Worked well for my mare who was pulling her shoes off because she needed the sides of her shoes set "out" for hoof re-growth.

They seem really nice, but run quite small. I have a 16'2 hh Hanoverian mare, and just sent back the L (which were not just a little small, but waaaay too small,) and am getting the XXL now. Seem like great quality though, once the sizing is dialed in. They do tell you the explicit measurements in the description- I am accustomed to simply ordering size L in boots/wraps for my normal sized mare. Oops.

I bought these boots about 6 months ago, and my horse wore them only for work in hand on the ground and some light riding (he is a baby, so nothing strenuous happening on the exercise front). He does not have shoes on, but still managed to completely destroy the binding at the bottom edge of the boot which started coming off about a month into using them. Just threw them away today. They have a weird fit that sits really high and barely covers the delicate bits at the front of the hoof, despite their little pad intended to stop them from turning round the foot they still turn all the time. They didn't rub and they are lovely and thick so when your horse has a habit of standing on one hoof with the other everything is well protected, just the boot won't last. I had an XXL for my warmblood that usually takes an XL in other brands, and I could barely close them. I am always going to be tempted to buy them again because they are so well padded and protective, but the fit and quality will probably stop me for this horse. The good thing about them being so high on the foot is that the horse cannot step in one boot with the other and trip like with rubber bell boots. A TB in my barn has these and they fit and stay the right way round just fine, so it must be my horse.