The horse that Dyane is referring to does
not interfere when bare. I had a horse that interfered shod in steel and did
it worse with GC’s. I don’t believe, personally, that you can just
attribute interfering to weight. I believe it depends on the flight pattern,
footing, balance of the boney column, bulk and a ton of other stuff, not just
weight. The shoes distort badly when really used (on hard terrain with lots of
rocks like our logging roads in the Pacific Northwest).
And, I believe the distortion factor may also have some to do with the interference.
The one thing I didn’t have problems
with was them holding up. They’re pretty tough. But, they just did
negative things to hoof integrity on my 3.
I just didn’t have any luck with any
of the three horses I tried them on in the long run (a full year). On all of
them it made their hooves start flaring and splaying. I also shoe every 4
weeks (when I shoe).
I think the Epona Shoe looks like a better
candidate for a synthetic shoe, but I haven’t had the inclination to try
them after trying both the Natural Balance and Ground Control synthetics with
poor results.
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jody Rogers-Buttram Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006
9:26 AM To: 'Dyane Smith';
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Dream Weaver' Subject: RE: [RC] Ground Control
I will have to disagree with the statement that they would make the
interferring worse. Weight is responsible for action of anykind, like
direction of hoof path, etc
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