Love our new boots. Flies were starting to really give us grief. The quality is exceptional. Planning to get some for each pony 🫶
Leader Equine
LE Defender Fly Boots
LE Defender Fly Boots
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Description
Your Ultimate Summer Essential - meet the LE Defender Fly Boots. An original design by Leader Equine adapted for front and hind legs.
Our premium fly protection boots are designed to keep your horse or pony relaxed and comfortable during the warmer months.
Crafted with the utmost care and attention to detail, these boots offer unparalleled protection against pesky flies, insects, and even help reduce bot eggs, ensuring your horse enjoys a happy and itch-free summer.
Sold as a set of 4 including hinds and fronts.
Key Features
3D Mesh Technology: Our innovative 3D mesh fabric provides exceptional breathability and ventilation, allowing your horse's legs to stay cool and dry even on the warmest days. We chose one with a more closed layer at the outside to help prevent or reduce grass seeds getting stuck.
Superior Monofilament Protection: The monofilament fly mesh over the knees effectively shields your horse from irritating insects and helps prevents bot eggs from being laid, the cone design deters flies from hanging around your horse's knees.
Customizable Fit: The adjustable velcro straps make it easy to customize the fit to your horse's legs.
Lightweight and Durable: These boots are lightweight and breathable, allowing your horse to move freely without feeling restricted. The high-quality materials used in their construction ensure durability and long-lasting performance.
UV Protection: With 90% UV protection, these boots help shield your horse's legs from harmful sun rays, reducing the risk of sunburn and skin damage.
Size Guide
The most important measurement is around the horse's cannon bone, fly boots should be sized based on bone, rather than height. The measurements listed are the biggest the boot should go on, you have ability to make the boot smaller in each case with the velcro adjustment.
What Customers are saying
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 65 reviews.
These work well for my little 14.2hh ASH/QH. Even when he rubs his head/ face on them they barely move. I actually prefer the LE flyboots to the horseware I use on my bigger horse as they regularly shift a lot more even though they looked to be the better fit when measurements were taken.
I should have gotten it sooner!
Absolutely love these fly boots. My horse gets so irritated by flies in summer, they bite his legs so that they bleed. I bought these boots as I loved how tall they were. All the other boots I’ve had in the past just don’t cover his legs enough and the flies just bite above the boots. I’ve been using these for almost 2 months and I’m very impressed. They are nice and sturdy and don’t twist or slip down. He tends to run hot so I was concerned they might make his legs hot, but they have been just fine. Can’t recommend them enough.
Finally boots that stay in place and don’t slip down. Excellent quality and helpful staff. Thanks
Not durable at all, heat legs up unhappy with product
Store owner replied: Hi Michelle, I'm sorry you've felt the need to leave this review, we discussed these boots with you. You mentioned your horse runs hot. They are durable and if we made them any more durable they'd be too warm for most horses to wear. We know we've made a quality product that works super well for hundreds of horses and we are pedantic as a team with our own horses, we have tested, checked, tweaked and tested again and again to ensure we were happy that these are an excellent product option for lots of horse owners. I wish they worked for your horse. When fitted to a horse correctly they don't move and the damage on your boots looks like they are either too big or are being put on too loosely. However, if they don't suit they don't suit. It's life with horses and fabrics unfortunately. Wishing you well, LE Team.
We absolutely love the LE Defender Fly Boots and unsure how we managed previously without them! I've never seen my horse so happy and chilled out in his paddock having no flies or bugs annoying him. I do recommend downsizing, he is usually an XL in boots and 17hh but the L fit perfectly!
Defiantly makes a difference more settled
Loving the fly boots! These are the only ones that do what they say and stay up! Will be buying more for my other horses.
These fly boots are amazing. They are nice and high for extra coverage. Really happy with this purchase
My horse has photosensitivity issues with the pink skin on her one white leg. I have tried lots of different things before using these boots. These boots have great coverage and are very soft material that doesn’t rub. Finally, something that works! I’m really grateful, thank you 👍.
Store owner replied: thank you for your review Harriet, we are really glad for your horse that they're getting relief with the Defenders :)
Definitely the best pair of fly boot's that I have used on my horses, they wear them 24hours a day while the flies are still around... ONE VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER. Would highly recommend them...
I can not fault the service or quality of these boots. So good I bought a second pair. 5 stars all round!
Store owner replied: Thrilled to hear this Sandy, thank you for sharing.
I purchased LE Defender Fly Boots for my 4yr old WB who was experiencing his first humid summer in NSW. The flies were annoying him and when the March flies came out he was constantly stamping. He didn't have a great deal of experience with boots, so I was a little hesitant as to how he would accept these boots. Thankfully, we have not had a problem. He's wearing the medium size and is a smidge under 16.1hds, though he's not heavy set. The medium is tightened almost as tight as they will go to keep them from falling down. He's no longer stamping and annoyed by the flies and is happy to wear the fly boots all day. Whilst I'm really happy with the front boots, the rear boots fell down immediately and ended up under his hoof. So, they have been retired to the cupboard.
Amazing boots so good To keep away the flys and mosquitoes and they don’t rub.
Great design but sizing definitely runs large! I have a 17hh TB who has quite fine legs (usually a cob in boots), and I ordered these in a size small and they’re still a tad big! Definitely size down if you’re unsure what your horse is😊
These are the best boots. Very breathable and they fit perfectly. My horse is confined to a small paddock due to an hoof injury and now waits for me to place the boots on him. There no stamping of hooves anymore. I also don’t need to worry about the dreaded bot fly “attack”. They have been the best investment made.
Amazing fly boots, we have used other brands on our donkey with no success as they always slip, no slip at all even on for a few days! Inwill the high netting was on the back boots as well. Will be buying more for our horses.
Great design. No more stomping at flies or being irritated by them!
Front boots are brilliant, the back ones did slip down a bit. Good quality. They haven't been destroyed yet :) Happy to recommend.
These fly boots are the best I’ve come across.
Best fly boots I've used!
Super boots! At first was disappointed the rear boots were not the sane as the front boots! Understand why now!!
To be honest I was hesitant to spend this much on a sheet, but this rug is beautiful. So soft and comfortable for my fine haired, pink skin boy. It’s great to find a rug that’s UV smart and help with flies and as well as comfortable. I find some fly sheets very stiff and get itchy. This rug is stunning and so comfortable. Will be buying more.
True to size on my 16.3 sport horse very happy no slipping
I think they are a great product and so far, are working really well. My horse is happy to wear them. My only concern is that they are quite large around the leg. I ordered a medium as my horse is 16hh and the velcro only sticks to half the tab. I did try leaving them looser but they just slipped down.
Store owner replied: Thank you so much for your feedback Marilyn! We will make a note re the sizing and include this for review with the team - they are meant to be fitted so agree that you shouldn’t leave them looser. Hope they are otherwise meeting your needs, thank you again.
Bought at equitana and super happy with them. Don’t drop down or move at all and are super breathable. 10/10 recommend!
Best flyboots ever! bought these first day at Equitana, great fit, very happy!
Absolutely love mine! They are great fitting and don’t slip at all
These are great fly boots. We currently have a big mosquito problem and these boots are perfect. They are nice and long and do not scrunch down the horses legs which so many others do. We ordered medium size for our two horses who are 14.2 and 15.2 and it was a perfect fit. I highly recommend them.
Love them
Love them
Can’t be happier they’re so long and well made my horses will be so happy come summer time and I got 4 not 2!! Brilliant
Came cery quickly abd are great quality!! Looking forward to seeibf what iind of relief this provide in the summer months
I love these boots, they work awesome! My horse loves them.
The team at LE have been so amazing - I’d bought the wrong size but they sorted it out pronto - now we have the right size incredible quality fly boots - and they work at keeping those terribly painful buffalo flies at bay, because nothing else has come close!
Great fit and does the job! My horses pretty much live in them
I’ve used them for two weeks and they’ve been so good, they stay up so well and my horse is much happier!
These boots are a game changer especially when the Farrier is here. They are well fitting and stay in place. Horses can get a little warm underneath on the really extreme days
Great boots they stay up I bought them to stop the bugs biting my boy unfortunately it made his legs worse he wore them for a week but the bugs got through them sadly.
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