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Why do horses wear “Straps” around their legs?

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Why do horses wear “Straps” around their legs?

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These are called hopples (pronounced hobble) and are used on pacers and also on trotters to ensure that the right front and rear legs move forward and backward together, and similarly that the left front and the rear legs move in unison.

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