• Fill ice cube bags with water and freeze them.
• Store them in a cool box until you need them after your cross-country.
• Cut a long length of tubigrip – enough to go twice along the horse’s cannon bone.

• Fill ice cube bags with water and freeze them.
• Store them in a cool box until you need them after your cross-country.
• Cut a long length of tubigrip – enough to go twice along the horse’s cannon bone.
• Put the tubigrip onto your wrist and then pick up the horse’s leg.
• Hold the hoof with the hand that has the tubigrip and use the other hand to pull the bandage off your wrist and over the hoof.
• Support the horse’s knee on your thigh if you need to.
• Pull the tubigrip up to the knee, remove all the wrinkles from it, leaving the excess to sit around the pastern.
• Put one bag of ice on the inside of the tendon and one on the outside, pulling up the excess tubigrip, around the outside to hold them both in place.
• Leave the ice on for 20-30mins so that it can cool the leg properly.
• If you have to leave the horse alone, a travel boot over the top will help to hold the ice in place as it starts to melt and gets looser on the leg.
• Then remove the ice and treat the leg with ice tight.
• Follow the same principle for cooling swelling on the horse’s knee.
• One bag of ice may be sufficient on the knee, but use two if you need to.

This video and these key points reflect the views and preferred method of the person demonstrating the technique. Horse Hero recommends you ask an expert for advice if you need guidance or are unsure how to do this yourself and take every precaution for the safety of you and your horse. (www.horsehero.com)