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[RC] traction on horseshoes - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Natalie Hodges nhodges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Hi, I am a new member, but couldn't find the post section for members. I buy, ride, keep and resell Spotted Saddle Horses from Tennessee. They are almost always shod with borium at the toes, and heels.The horses are often ridden on paved roads in gait, to hear the timing of the footfall. UGH, I know!! Often the feet are very unbalanced also. They are lucky these horses are not lame or sore. I ride a lot over asphalt driveways, and often do not stop gaiting for these short stretches. Plain shoes, even with a rim like Eventers ar still not safe enough. I love and use a drilled-in and tapped Mustad stud. They come in 4 carbide tips widths, and shapes to vary from minimal traction to more, and do not come out of the shoes. None provide as much grab as borium on the toes and heels, but these studs could be installed at the toe and heels, for a similar effect, with more slide and less grab.The effect is very precise, the carbide tips small, which something that is hard to control when melting borium on shoes. It is hard to get even on all the places you melt it on. Natalie ===========================================================Of course things aren't perfect, perfect doesn't exist on this earth. Doesn't mean we won't go on trying to get better at what we do. Besides, if everything was perfect today, what would you do tomorrow? Slamming each other doesn't get anything done. ~ Dot Wiggins ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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