STAY COLD hock boot

All about hocks

Whether horses are performing grand prix dressage tests, jumping Olympic courses or pulling carriages, their hocks are under stress

• The hock joint proper which provides nearly all the movement and flexion in the area.
• The multi-boned spavin area which is made up of "building blocks" of bones bound together with strong ligaments. The bones below in the spavin are compressed on impact and absorb the stress.
• Hock pain does not necessarily result in a change in the gait under normal conditions, but flexion of the leg will often produce increased lameness.
  
  COOLING the hock after exercise could prevent these conditions from developing -
  
  Bone spavin or tarsal osteoarthritis
  Bog spavin
  Osteochondritis dessicans (OCD)
  CurbsThoroughpin/deep flexor tendon problems
  Capped hocks