Anonymous, please try to contact me again re boots.?

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To answer your question, if your horse does not have issues of brushing or tendon problems then your horse will be quite safe without boots.  If he does have issues with brushing or simply to protect his legs from thorns and ticks etc, then brushing boots would be fine.  Splint boots would be the same as open front boots.

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splints r not the same as open fronts..
splint boots protect whole leg frm knocks or dings...
open fronts r open because you want a horse to feel
it when he smacks a rail jumping, but the rest of the leg is protected

Victoria · Answer

KT,

Splint boots only protect the interior part of the cannon. These are also referred to as brushing boots. 
http://www.sstack.com/resources/sstack/images/products/processed/10612.a.zoom.jpg

Support boots go around the ankle and encompass the whole cannon area. SMBs are considered support boots or they're also called sport boots. 
http://www.valleyvet.com/swatches/12111_L_001_vvs.jpg

Open front boots protect the back and sides of the leg but not the front like you said. 
http://gowestequestrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Tri-Zone-Airlite-Tendon-copy-3.jpg


For protecting from thorns I would actually recommend no boots. They will pick up and carry the thorns. Oftentimes the movement will move them to irritate the horse more than if the legs were free and clear of boots.

Anonymous, please try to contact me again re boots.?

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