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Fw: [RC] Shoe/pads - Dot Wiggins

For many years I rode horses that because of their hoof type, or because of
their work in very harsh conditions, I kept padded quite often.
At first there was an occasional issue with junk under the pads especially
in sand.
I came across an old Cavalry manual that told about the fariers cutting
holes in the leather pads to let junk work thru.  (This was when they were
campaigning hard in the SW sand country and the horses could not hold up
under the miles they were doing without pads.  The sand just ate up the
soles.)
I used a drive punch (3/8 " or so) to put three holes about half way between
the point of the frog and inner rim of shoe, following the curve of the
shoe.  Allows cleaning and flushing if needed, but most stuff just goes
thru.
Thanks for the reminder, going to put pads on front for the next couple of
rides.


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From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:50 AM
Subject: [RC] Shoe/pads



Please Reply to: Skyla slstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I happen to run across this in some old archives, and it caught
my attention. I have some friends that the shoer pokes out dime
size holes in the front of the pads, and apparently it works



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