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At 07:07 AM 9/10/2006, you wrote:
>  I've seen numerous horses literally tripping over their boots as 
> they go down the trail.Just seems dangerous.
>                                               -Nancy

One of my horses (Chief) was enough of a clod when I first introduced 
him to easyboots (over shoes) that I didn't even try taking him out 
on the trail using them until he was able to travel with them 
competently.  I would think that most endurance riders have 
pre-trained enough in advance to know that as well.  I have weighed 
the metal shoes I had used on my horses and found that their weights 
and the weight of the boots that I am now using in their place is 
virtually the same.  In videos we have made that show the horses 
moving with shoes on, barefoot, and with boots on -- they are all 
moving and landing the same way. The wear is the same, whether they 
are using boots or shoes, or nothing.  Lots of high mileage horses, 
decade horses, and even a perfect ten horse have used easyboots over 
shoes quite a lot.  I've got two decade horses and a third one half 
way there (with over 5600 miles so far) and really do believe that 
the concussion reduction that they have received as a benefit of 
using boots (either over shoes or in place of them) has contributed 
greatly to their longevity.  Now if I have a horse trip I can blame 
it on the boots because I read it on ridecamp.  ;-)  Karen


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