Re: RC: easy boots

[Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

Betty,

Welcome to endurance riding in the southeast region and good luck at the
Biltmore. One thing you will find is Easyboots and the conditions one
normally finds in the SE don't seem to go together. I've used them in the
west but have tried them a couple times back here with absolutely horable
luck.

You will find two problems. First is if it rains at the Biltmore the NC
clay will turn slicker than ice and the easy boots will make it worse.
Second they don't seem to stay on well in the SE for some reason. At some
rides, horses have gone down becuse of wet clay and esayboots.

If you can make them work, you will be the first person so patent your
formula and sell it!

Good luck
Truman

guest@endurance.net wrote:

> Betty bettywashburn@worldnet.att.net
> Hi everyone.  I followed the instructions on Karen's page for
> easyboots and have been using them on my barefoot horse for
> the past 2 weeks.  Meaning, that I seal them at the top with
> duct tape.  So far, they haven't come off; even through the
> 4 creek crossings with slippery, muddy banks that we ford
> on each ride.  When it comes time to do an actual ride (planning
> on Biltmore at the end of September), do you boot users think
> I should foam them on?
> Karen, do you always use the foam on rides?
> TIA, Betty and Echo.
>
> PS, The one time I didn't duct tape them, one came off.
>
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