Bell Boots / Overreach Boots

Bell Boots (Overreach Boots) For Sale On

Below are bell boots for horses for sale on eBay. Bell boots are also commonly called overreach boots. Please scroll down for a brief description of bell boots.

Bell Boot (Overreach) Boot Savvy

Bell boots, also called overreach boots, are protective boots put around a horse's pastern to protect the the bulbs of the heel and coronary band during hard or active use such as barrel racing, roping, etc. Because a horse may interfere during these times ("interfering" is when a horse accidentally strikes itself with one of its own legs) bell boots are often used as a precautionary measure. Bell boots are designed to protect a horse if it should strike one front leg against the other, or if a hind leg should reach up (overreach) and step on a front leg. While bell boots can be put on all four legs it is far more common for horses to wear them on the front legs only.

At right: Splint boots and bell boots.

What Is The Coronary Band?

The coronary band, sometimes also called the cornary band or coronet band, is a band of tissue circling a horse's leg just above the hoof. The coronary band is the source from which the hoof wall grows. An injury to the coronary band can sometimes result in irregular hoof growth and/or an unsound hoof wall. Due to this risk of injury many horse people protect the coronary band on their horses during exercise or competition by using protective boots such as bell boots.