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1. A protective boot assembly for the ankle of a horse, the angle of the horse having a common digital extensor tendon on a front thereof and a superficial digital flexor tendon on a back thereof and a pair of palmar digital veins on opposite sides thereof, the ankle of the horse having proximal sesamoid bones, the protective boot assembly comprising:
a flexible panel having a middle portion and two opposing side portions extending outwardly from opposite sides of said middle portion, said flexible panel formed such that outer edges of said opposing side portions define a slot therebetween, said middle portion adapted to abut the superficial digital flexor tendon of the horse, said opposing side portions adapted to wrap around the ankle of the horse, said slot adapted to receive the common extensor tendon of the horse; a reinforcing wrap removably affixed around said flexible panel and extending over said slot; a cup formed at a bottom of said middle portion of said flexible panel, said cup adapted to receive the proximal sesamoid bones of the ankle of the horse; a first groove formed between said cup and one of said two opposing side portions, said first groove adapted to be positioned over the first palmar digital vein; and a second groove formed between said cup and another of said two opposing side portions, said second groove adapted to position over the second palmar digital vein, said reinforcing wrap extending over said first and second grooves. |
