Re: RC: My GAHR Shoes

[Roger Rittenhouse <roger@vmaxept.com>]

Hello tom,

Sunday, July 01, 2001, 5:18:59 PM, you wrote:

g> Hello, Reading Karens exploits on the glued on shoes at the XP it got me thinking of the past.  In the Great American Horse Race i was poor and ignorant but had faith and daring.  While going thru
g> Ohio we saw all these Amish Buggys going down the road at really fast clips.  While in Millersburg i called this Amish Farrier i located to put some Buggy Shoes on Jose.  It cost 40$ and he put on
g> these 1/8" Studite cleats that they used on the Buggy Horses.  3 at the toe and 1 at each heel.  Dr Kerry Ridgeway and other Vets took pictures of them telling me i was gonna lame my horse.  The
g> rest of the story is i never slipped on pavement and i pulled the fronts at the Utah State line.  Now i'm thinking up a solid glue polymer concoction that is a cross between Shoeless and some
g> protection.  Anyone know of some good super glue?  tomsites

yes  - it is called fast-set from vettec  they make the vettec
equithane hoof-pack and hoof-build

i am testing it  or planning on trying it on one of mine that is not
in competition  .. it may also work well to glue on the easy boot. i
like the idea of the cut off heel strap -- gotta try that one.

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 Roger                            mailto:roger@vmaxept.com