Wrapping a horses legs?!?

Brief：
I have trouble putting polo wraps on my horses legs. I always get confused about which way they go on and how to wrap them, even though my trainer has.. 

I have trouble putting polo wraps on my horse's legs. I always get confused about which way they go on and how to wrap them, even though my trainer has shown me once. I'm afraid I'll put them on wrong and hurt his legs.

We have a show saturday and I want to wrap his legs for trailering. Can someone help me out?

Ok, there's 2 ways, one for traveling with pads under them and another for work. With pads under them, it's hard to do them too tight and as long as you can fit your fingers down the top, you are fine. They need to be firm so that they don't slip without being too tight.

For work, they should be wrapped going from outside to in if that makes sense. The idea is that it pulls the tendon towards the back of the leg and doesn't force it out. So on your near side, you wrap anti clockwise, on the off side, wrap clockwise. They need to go down around the ergot at the back of the fetlock and come up more at the front to avoid hindering joint movement. They are worn tighter but again, check with your fingers. Keep each wrap of the bandage evenly spaced all the way up.

It takes a lot of practice to get them right for working in. Ask your trainer again to go over it and see if you can practice while they watch.

Good luck with the show. This site is great and has pictures to show you how to do it.

http://equisearch.com/horses_riding_trai...

The key is to practice it a ton. I used to practice on my own leg or my boyfriend's just so I could get the motions down without making the horse stand there all day. It definitely takes more than watching ONE time to properly learn how to wrap a horses legs - and its one of those catch 22's - if you do it wrong, its a way to seriously hurt your horse -but if you dont practice, you wont learn how to do it properly.I would reccomend shipping in shipping boots - and save the wrapping for later.Practice Practice Practice - ask your trainer/instructor at the beg. of your lesson if you can stop 15 mins early and spend the time learning to wrap.Its a skill thats worth learning in both the time and effort.