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We don't have any of the expensive farriers here. I'm embarrassed to  
report that it costs me about USD 60 a month to trim/shoe my 12  
horses and two donkeys. Most of mine are barefoot because it works  
for them and I haven't had any excessive hoof wear. I ride on dirt  
roads/trails most of the time and sometimes in our desert which is  
basically sand with some rocks sitting on top of the sand and sinking  
into it when stepped upon. My horses don't do really long distances.  
They average about 10-20 miles a day when they are working....summer  
is too hot for work here other than wandering around at night a bit.  
I've bought some EZboot Epics but I don't use them regularly since  
there seems to be no need.  But as Cindy notes, the replacement issue  
is a problem. I'm kind of saving them for an emergency.

Maryanne

On Jul 4, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Budler,Cindy - Afrox wrote:

> I honestly cannot "afford" barefoot here in SA- Afford as in I  
> battle to
> support my horses and my reason for owning them is to do endurance  
> riding -
> not winning as at this age all I want to do is a nice 16km/h 80km  
> or 14km/h
> 120 km ride at least once a month- . I cannot afford the "so-called"
> barefoot trimmers, or the imported variety of boots - whether they be
> easyboots or turfkings or whatever.. and my horses feet do NOT last  
> with all
> the mileage required to compete well at that level on the ground  
> where I
> train. I also cannot afford to go buy some gigantic piece of ground
> somewhere in the sticks so my horses can walk 20km a day over  
> varied terrain
> to compete barefoot safely and fairly to the horse. To be honest if  
> I had to
> do that I would have to give up horses completely cos I couldn't  
> work to
> afford them!! But occassionally- especailly when doing limited  
> mileage due
> to not being able to compete, I like to let the horses manage  
> barefoot as
> long as possible to give me a good look at how they move and wear  
> their
> feet- and be able to shoe accordingly. Needless to say I believe  
> 90% of
> horses here in SA should and definately could go barefoot cos of  
> the limited
> amount of work they do.
>
> Regards,
> Cindy Budler
> IP Marketing
> Germiston
> 011 876 1179
> 0824641809
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryanne Gabbani [mailto:msgabbani@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 July 2006 13:27 PM
> To: Budler,Cindy - Afrox
> Cc: 'Ridecamp'
> Subject: Re: [RC] Feed in Soth Africa
> Importance: High
>
>
> I've been checking out beet pulp here in Egypt but so far not
> impressed with things like cleanliness of plant and so on. We worry
> about fermentation if it hasn't been dried properly.  Who knows?
> Maybe someday.
>
> I've found that the change from even being in a box for the night to
> being out 24/7 can do wonders for horses' mentality. i have 12 horses
> on about an acre and a half. No grazing, just sand, because I had to
> choose between healthy feet and a bit of green for them. When I had
> them on grass at the old place, we had to water so much to keep the
> grass growing that we were having hoof issues. Now on the sand, they
> have lots of rice hay to munch on and the hoofs are much, much
> better. I recently started using hay cubes that are locally produced
> from a local clover...they say it's alfalfa but Egyptians are
> amazingly cavalier with the names of plants and animals....that a
> friend had been using for some time now. Lesley runs a boarding/
> lesson barn down the road and I figured that I'd let her be the
> guinea pig since a lot of our parameters for our horses are the
> same....mostly neither of us can afford to have horses that are so
> hot that they are a hazard to riders.  She found that the hay cubes
> worked for some of her horses, not for all. Some of them got rather
> screwy on them, so when I started my gang on them, we did so with
> caution. However, we haven't found any of them getting silly or hot.
> Perhaps it's because it really is so bloody hot these days that it's
> an effort to breathe most of the day, or maybe it's because they are
> outside and can move around as they like.  We'll see how it goes.
>
> Maryanne
> Giza
>
> On Jul 4, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Budler,Cindy - Afrox wrote:
>
>
> > My mare's behaviour has changed radically - I am not sure if it is
> > the food
> > or a combination of feed and living conditions. She was stabled
> > from 3pm to
> > 7am everyday at livery- with a very large mountain for turnout the
> > other
> > hours. Also on a "cool" feed but with some molasses and about 3 kg/
> > day.She
> > was an extremely hot spooky horse - a nightmare to ride !
> >  Now she is out 24 hours a day- not in a large place but big enough
> > to graze
> > and move around quite a bit. I also have pulled her shoes and she
> > is a bit
> > ouchy right now- so although we are training lightly because of the
> > feet she
> > is still getting in an average of 30km a week. She has not spooked
> > once in
> > the the last two rides!!!! Also no pulling like a train- we can
> > ride on the
> > buckle.It is a pleasure to ride her right now!!She is really well
> > rounded -
> > not fat but in good condition and besides now looking more like a
> > "plaasponie"(farm pony in Afrikaans) and not a show arab anymore
> > she is a
> > much more relaxed and happy horse all round.If I find , as we up
> > the miles
> > in preparation of starting the new season in January- that she runs
> > out of
> > gas  I will increase the oats and commercial feed to up the energy
> > portion
> > of the food but right now we seem okay..
> >
> > Regards,
> > Cindy Budler
> > IP Marketing
> > Germiston
> > 011 876 1179
> > 0824641809
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