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I agree, Chris.  My horse, who was barefoot for 9 months until recently, 
has flat soles.  He has always been very surefooted but I actually think 
his shoes give him some concavity that, in some circumstances, make him 
better able to grip the surface than when he was flatfootedly 
barefooted.  I was riding the other day with a friend whose horse is 
barefoot & has moderately concave soles.  Our trails are littered with 
slippery oak leaves and dead grass right now.  That mare was slipping 
and sliding much more than my (shod) horse.
Laney

Chris Paus wrote:
> I wouldn't say this is necessarily so. Last year, a friend was riding my 
> gelding who is shod. I was riding my mare who has been barefoot all her 
> life. Both horses are agile as cats on hills. We had to ride down a very 
> slick hill,... it had rained thenight before.
>
>  
>
> The shod horse went down that hill just fine. My barefoot mare lost her 
> footing and she and I slid down the hill on our sides, my left leg under 
> her body. Luckily neither of us was hurt.
>
> There goes that theory.
>
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> Chris
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>     From: /Hoovinit@xxxxxxx/
>     To: /judyshatir@xxxxxxxxx/
>     CC: /ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>     Subject: /Re: [RC] Re:RC What Shoes Really Do/
>     Date: /Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:30:35 EDT/
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>      Barefoot horses are also more surefooted because they can actually
>     "feel" where they are placing their feet. Even a horse wearing
>     (properly fitted) boots feels more surefooted to me.
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