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Um...not always.  I did a 50 with boots (barefoot) and my horse was sore all the way around.  It all just depends on the horse.

Terry Banister <ebeyrider@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That is why hoof boots are so great! Even if the horse has no problem doing 
> 50 miles barefoot, the boots elimate any concern/doubt/paranoia on the part 
> of the rider or the vet that a lameness is due to footsoreness. 


Susan [Young], The Princess of Pink
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)  

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

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