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This is an endurance list. This is not a trail riding list. This is not 
a barefoot list. Very few riders have had any success riding barefoot. 
Darolyn comes to mind but I've seen her horse will shoes on when it is 
necessary (and important).
So can we get on to endurance related topics.

When the barefoot proponents can point to either a significant number of 
consisent top 10 rider or a significant number of horses with several 
1000's miles then by all means come back and point that out. Until then 
- can we move on?

Truman

Ridecamp Guest wrote:

> Please Reply to: MELANIE SCHALLOCK MLS3003@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Well, as a first-time RideCamp poster, I come with heart in hand (and a feeling I should be a good "ducker")to reply to one of Heidi's "barefoot" posts.  If I understood her correctly, the post stated much time, effort, and commitment would go into keeping your horse barefoot, and the reward would be a horse capable of only "light" performance.
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> I can hardly agree with her more on the former statement; the latter, however, I found to be a rather incredible (or uncredible) statement.  I was trained in performance barefoot trimming by Pete Ramey, a foremost barefoot trimmer in the SE and auther of "Making Natural Hoofcare Work for You."  His experience, alone, contradicts your feeling that a barefoot horse is only suited for "light" performance.  Pete was formerly a traditional farrier who owned his own rental barn in the mountains of N. GA. (20-30 head).  
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> I know of my OWN personal knowledge these horses worked hours EVERY DAY on some of the rockiest trails I have ever seen (and I've been on LOTS).  The trails in our area are oftentimes more like dried-up creekbeds than trails.  The story of these remarkable horses and the carriage horse who worked every day on ASPHALT sans-shoes (completely sound and healthy)can be read on his web site, hoofrehab.com.
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> But, closer to home, my own barefoot horse is one tough little trail horse who competes quite successfully in CTR(don't know if my record is online, as I don't believe NATRC is quite that sophisticated, but if so, please look it up).  It took LOTS of commitment to get her there, as she was shod for approx 12 years, but she can now traverse these rugged E. TN hills like a tank.  There are MANY other personal-knowledge examples I could give, but length dictates otherwise.
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> Hoof boots?  Occasionally, if the trail is exceptionally bad or I'm not familiar with the conditions.  "Barefoot failure" because I use hoof boots occasionally?  I don't know.  Seems to me a horse who only needs a little rubber on the bottom for protection now and again is still better off than one who needs metal (and sometimes metal AND rubber).  JMO.
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> Melanie Schallock (ducking as I hit "Post")
> Mare 'O Gold Farm
> Chuckey, TN
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