Hmmm...now I'm having a brain fart-I remember one shoe that "required"
the metal shoes to help keep them on, but I'm darned if I can think of which
it was-sorry 'bout that, ya'll!
Boa Boots are designed for barefoot too. We compete in
50's with them. Just take them off at the lunch stop and check them
and clean them. They do well in everything but sand.
Terry "May
the Horse be with you"
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Ground Control shoes Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:24:27 -0600
Not
sure, but I think she meant, why not put the easyboots on over bare
feet-they're not like the Boa boots (designed only for
"overshoe" use. ----- Original Message
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: [RC] [RC]
Ground Control shoes
>So, I guess my
question was if you're using the easyboots, why >use
the metal shoes, too? Ooooh that is a loaded question
:^). If my horses lived in pasture year around, they
could probably stay barefoot, but since they don't, it's
easier to keep shoes on them than it is to fight their unnatural
living conditions at home. Chief could probably pull
off going barefoot and competing to a certain degree.
My older horses couldn't, as we have tried and one will grow
pancakes and the other would probably end up with an injury
from the club foot/low heel issues he has. I don't need to go
so far as to make my horse lame trying to prove that he can
go barefoot when I am competing on them so much, I have seen
too many hurt horses over the years from people who have
tried it and failed and don't compete as much as I do, and I
do a lot of rides that are really really rocky. Gawd I
hope this doesn't start people arguing over
barefeet!!!!!!
