About Us

The New Equine Wear factory in England and associate suppliers, make extensive use of advanced material technology, to give superior wear characteristics and outstanding performance.

New Equine Wear was founded in 1995 by Richard Balfry, as a result of his wife's mare receiving a serious tendon injury. There seemed to be nothing on the market that offered really good strike protection and was lightweight, waterproof and basically bombproof! Richard thought he could do better and the first incarnation of the N.E.W X-Country boot was launched on the market at BETA International in1996.

It is very important to New Equine Wear that it is a British company manufacturing it's own products in the UK. This creates local employment, which benefits the local economy, the company's staff (and supplier's staff) enjoy fair wages and good working conditions. UK manufacturing is also greener than importing, as UK factories create little polution and avoid the need to ship products half way around the world.

New Equine Wear has two small manufacturing units – near Chippenham in North Wiltshire. The company works hard to deliver the best performing leg protection, at reasonable prices and products that last and last and last…....as our large international customer base will confirm.
New Equine Wear have total control over quality, excellent resources for developing new products and ALL materials have been developed by the company to our own specifications, in conjunction with specialist suppliers.

XLF 'Extended Life Fabric' is now used in most of our boots and is a real advance in fabric technology, incorporating technology developed for the off shore oil industry. Extensive testing and field trials have produced a remarkably tough and tear resistant fabric which makes N.E.W. boots the natural first choice for discerning riders, whatever the discipline.

Beware of Imitations. Imitators copy only the ‘look’ of our products, not quality, fit, or durability. Imitators make only with 'price' in mind; N.E.W boots are made with only your 'horse' in mind.