Product Description

Tendon Grip

Tendon grip or “horse socks” as Bettina Hoy calls them, provide an extra layer of protection between your horses sensitive skin and whichever boots you decide to use. They are also great for icing your horses legs after strenuous work. They hold a single IceHorse Ice Pack  or loose ice very well! This cleverly built piece of elasticated fabric (or gel) can be cut down to fit any horse’s leg and can help in a number of ways. Also known as tendon traction socks.

• Applied like a sock, under the boot
• Designed to help prevent boot rubs
• Can also be used to prevent swollen legs caused by:
  • fly bites
  • strains
  • cuts and scratches
• Useful to apply ice packs to legs, hocks and knees
  • You won’t be alone in this use case, Top international Eventer Karin Donckers ices her horses using Tendon Grip
• Helps to keep white socks white before entering the show ring
  
• Useful for injury treatment
  • Holds bandages in place
  • Provides compression
  • Breathable material

Under Jump Boots Or XC Boots

Tendon grip is great at protecting your horse from rubs when put under a boot. The image above depicts the horse socks under an open front jump boot, the image on the right is tendon grip under a Kentucky XC Boot. We have seen this stuff used the most at the beginning of the season, when horses are recently shaved. An alternative, actually more expensive product is TubiGrip or EquiFit HorseSox. The benefit to TubiGrip is that it comes in different diameters. We find this useful to fit the horse socks better on the front or hind legs. Kentucky Horsewear’s product works just fine on the fronts and hind legs, though.