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I'm glad to hear that boots are now allowed.  When we first tried a NATRC 
ride in 1975, my husband was riding a horse we had just bought and the horse 
had just finished Tevis (16th) wearing leather pads.  Lud didn't bother to 
remove the pads, as we knew nothing of NATRC rules.  Our sister-in-law was 
just putting on the first of her many years of NATRC rides, so we thought we 
would try it out.  All went well for awhile until a disgruntled rider 
noticed Lud's horse was wearing pads and the rider tattled to the judges and 
vets.  Lud was called on the carpet for this infraction, so he said how 
about removing the pads, and he was told that was OK.  So he whipped out his 
trusty pocket knife and cut out the pads, then continued on his way.  I 
guess it's only recently that the policy of no extra hoof protection has 
been revised.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp Guest" 
<guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses


> Well, I have to offer a 'slight' correction, Barbara --
>
> The old NATRC rules did prohibit using boots, but now you can use boots --
> there was a rule change, I don't know when because I'm too new.   At any
> rate, NATRC allows boots, as long as they don't cover the coronet.  And 
> most
> riders in NATRC use shoes, which I guess you could also call hoof
> protection.
>
> Carla Richardson
> Colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses
>
>
> > I don't agree with your assessment of the horse's soundness.  Some horses
> > are more rock sensitive than others and I don't see any problem with
> > protecting their feet with boots if they are the sensitive type.  It 
> > would
> > be interesting to see what percentage of horses have such tough feet that
> > they can ride 50-100 miles through rocks and not be sore.  Perhaps if one
> > trains in rocks all the time the horse may become accustomed to them, but
> > not all of us have such training grounds.  As for Bute, how many riders
> can
> > do 500-100 miles and not be sore enough afterwards to want some aspirin 
> > or
> > Advil?
> > Are you by any chance a NATRC rider?  I know their rules prohibit foot
> > protection, but look at the distinct difference in pacing.
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:54 PM
> > Subject: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses
> >
> >
> > > Please Reply to: Concerned about horses lookout@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or
> > > ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > >
> > > having been involved in and managing endurance rides (not riding)
> > > for the last 10 yrs, i still cannot understand how a horse that has to
> be
> > > padded or wear easy boots can be considered a "sound" horse.  if the
> horse
> > > cannot be ridden in a standard horseshoe or  bare foot then he is not
> > > sound enough for an endurance horse and should be retired to the trail.
> > > Using pads, equitotics, plastic shoes, etc and then having to Bute the
> > > horse later is closer to abuse than good horsemanship.
> > > I expect this little note to stir things up a bit.  HA-HA
> > >
> > >
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