Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Ground Control shoes over time

I have had no problems with these shoes for the past 6 months when I put
them on inthe spring. I am noticing some splitting occuring on one of his
hind feet right up the middle and near nail holes. That's on his white hoof.
All his black hooves are just fine. I'm putting on some good miles with him
too in very rough terrain.

My friend tried these shoes and immediately had hoof wall breakdown that
wasn't due to mileage in them. I guess it was his quality of hoof that just
couldn't support these shoes movement and flex. In less than a week his
owner noted having problems and went back to steel.

Susan & Fly

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of sharp penny
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:20 AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] Ground Control shoes over time
>
>
>   Maggie,
>   How long have these people been using GC shoes and how
> many miles? I have heard the shoes don't cause problems for
> the casual low milage trail rider. It's those folks that
> are putting many miles on their horses that are haveing the
> hoof wall breakage over time.
>
>   As for actual preformance...all of the people mentioned
> in my original post loved the shoes and stated that they
> didn't slip any more than regular steel shoes on wet grass.
> Everyone that is experiencing problems really wanted these
> shoes to work out. In fact Ken Wolgram is featured in the
> GC ads and even has a testimonal on the web site for GC
> shoes.
>
>   My farrier is coming tomorrow so I've got to make up my
> mind soon.
>
> Thanks,
> Penny
>
> --- Maggie Mieske <mmieske@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We have not seen this problem at all.  Perhaps one thing
> > that helps is that
> > Nelson is also placing a toe nail which really helps
> > stabilize the shoe.
>
>
>
>
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