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[RC] Shoes & Pads - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Tess Searcy morabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I have used & sold ShockTamer Hoof Pads for over 10 years. I have used them on my TB who is very flat & tender footed, so therefore I couldn't keep any kind of packing under the pads, it just worked out. I tried everything, BUT the manufacturer recommends that you put 2 1/4 inch holes on each side of the frog area, this allows mud & such to drain & prevents suction to pull the shoe off. I have never had a problem with junk under the pads. I have never had a shoe sucked off in mud. I hose out the dirt & mud from under the pads after every work out, about 3 times a week especially after the competition & squirt 7% Iodine under the pad. I spray out most of the stuff that would accumulate & the iodine keeps the sole dry & hard. When I pull shoes in the winter you can not tell the horse has been wearing pads all season & he is not tender footed. This is not a commercial for my pads. I am only confirming that there is really not a lot of junk that accumulates under the pad. When my horse is re-set there is accually very little even when it has been several days from the last spray clean. So the idea of the cut out, or some sort of hole must be the trick, I think. But I also believe in putting something under the pad to keep out thrush & damp. When I used leather pads the sole always seemed to stay wet. Also I think they loosen the clinches. The ShockTamers help hold the clinches & can be reset. They work for me & do all that they claim they do, so of course I am sold. Tess =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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