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[RC] "Barefoot" Riding Question (not Endurance) - Lacy JaeI think I've read most of the posts on this topic but if I missed one that answers this question, please forgive me. :) The horses that I was given came unshod. They haven't been ridden or anything in 2 years, in which time they've been out in a pasture that I've never seen. I am not sure if they were shod before that or not, when they were being ridden. I assume that my youngest, Mocha, who has never been ridden, has never been shod at 4.5 years old. I am not sure about the other two. As far as I know, the riding I will be doing when I start riding these girls will be mainly in grassy hills/fields, as we accustom them to being ridden again as well as to us. So I'm wondering: Being pasture horses for at least two years, and being unshod for at least two years, do they need conditioning to be ridden barefoot in unrocky conditions? -Lacy Jae -- "Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." - Mark Twain http://www.goveg.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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