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Re: [RC] Plastic Shoe Info - Linda CourtsI also have to agree with Rob Kalb's assessment of plastic shoes. I used the Coxton/Poly ones very sucessfully on a very small horse (13.3 800 lbs). This horse had to be shod every 3/4 weeks no matter what kind of shoe we used so they were changed often enough to avoid the most obvious problem of wall separation. On the average to larger sized horse with normal shoeing times of 6 weeks there were problems. The main one was not enough support to the hoof. Then the spreading, nail rising problems. I tried Equi-Steel, I think this is correct name, a few years ago on Orion (15.1 1000 lbs) and had them changed on saturday night after one day of a CTR in rocky northern Arkansas. All day saturday he was short striding, moving like he was walking on egg-shells. I had regular steel shoes put back on for Sunday and within two miles he was moving normally again. This was my third ride with these shoes, but the other two, where they worked OK, were not rocky at all. When the synthetics first became semi-popular in the '80's, I experimented with everyone I could find. I was married to a farrier so this was easy to do. At that time, I liked the Coxton/Poly best, but they only worked on my one small horse. Some I tried were so slick riding with them at speed was dangerous, some wore out so quickly it wasn't possible to finish even one rocky 50 miler. Most all had some kind of problem. Other than that one small horse, I've not been able to use them successfully in normal conditions. Linda Courts -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/05 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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