Measuring for Socks

Knowing how blotto I can be at the end of a ride and how incapable of performing simple tasks* ("Simple Tasks" ≠ Poulticing and wrapping legs with standing wraps), I was quite excited when Equiflexsleeves (available from SSTACK.COM) showed up on my radar. These are basically compression socks for horses. All you need is a ziploc bag to put over the hoof to drag the stupid things on, and, voila, your horse is "wrapped".

I can do that.

(* I could barely figure out how to get Fergus' T-clips on his blanket fastened at the end of NASTR 75 I crashed so hard)
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So yesterday morning's exercise was to run around the paddock, measuring legs. Luckily, Sally is visiting at the moment, so I enlisted her as scribe and proceeded to chase the horses around with my tape measure.

This is what I found out:
(the measurements are in inches, the letters after the
measurements correspond to the Equiflexsleeve sizes)

	Size Needed	Front			Back
		Height	Cannon Circ	Fetlock Circ	Height	Cannon Circ	Fetlock Circ
Roo	S/XS	10 (M)	8 (S)	10 (S)	12 (M)	9.5 (S/M)	11 (XS)
Uno	S/XS	11 (L)	8 (S)	10.5 (S)	12.5 (M)	9 (XS)	11 (XS)
Hopi	S/XS	10 (M)	8 (S)	10 (S)	12 (M)	9 (XS)	11 (XS)
Fergus	M/M	11 (L)	9 (M)	11 (M)	12.5 (M)	9.5 (S/M)	12 (S/M)
Jackit	-/XS	8.5 (-)	7 (-)	9.5 (-)	11 (S)	8 (XS)	10  (-)

First, the exciting part - for once, it would appear that Roo, Uno and Hopi can all wear the same size, both front and back, meaning I only have to buy four socks instead of 12. And hopefully they won't ever need them at the same time. If they do, probably Uno gets dibs, since he's more prone to filling than Roo is.

Second, it looks like they still haven't come up with a size small enough for Jackit's legs, although an XS may work on his backs. I did hear a rumour they were working on smaller sizes, so maybe there's still hope. One of my goals for next year might be getting Small Thing to do some distance, so I'm planning ahead for him.

Regardless of that, just lookit Jackit's measurements - not too shabby considering he's 12:3 hh and the others are 14:2/15:2 hh. Go Small Thing!!

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These are the sizes currently on offer: