barefoot horses

["Tina Hicks" <tina@autoairbagcovers.com>]

But Karen what about barefoot with eboots over them? How much 
more protection is afforded a horse with shoes than without when 
you put eboots on?

Tina
tina@autoairbagcovers.com
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Karen wrote: You might pull off a few rides if you were careful, and 
I know certain parts of the country have rides with good footing the 
entire 
way, but I doubt you'd get a horse thru a whole endurance career of 
say 
5,000 miles barefoot.