If I'm being honest, I didn't use any sort of leg protection on Kenna until early 2019 or so. Before that, I would occasionally throw on a set of polo wraps or a pair of splint boots if I felt like it. To be fair, we really only do dressage work and the only variation to that would be some cavaletti on the ground so I wasn't particularly worried. However, that changed when I bought my second horse, Remy, in 2018. I began using boots on all four of her legs every single time I worked her. As she was a green OTTB, sometimes she didn't quite have the greatest coordination, especially over where she was placing her feet. So, I pulled out a pair of expensive cross country boots, they originally for Kenna but they were too small, and those became Remy's boots. I also bought her a pair of fetlock boots and I'm very grateful I did make those purchases as after a few weeks of use, I noticed marks from Remy brushing her legs which meant the boots were doing their jo...