Re: [RC] pulling shoes now OLDER horse - Truman Prevatt
Sisu West Ranch wrote:
This doesn't seem to bother some
horses that are campained in boots. I wonder why?
In Florida the feet can be soft because of all the moisture. When we
went to the ROC in Utah we found that there were rocks, that's not
difficult to handle. However, these rocks were sharp which and were
damaging the hoof wall. I decided to ride the ROC in EZ boots. I got
four and didn't have too long to get the mare used to them. I foamed
them on the day before the ride and she did a 100 miles without any
problems. I was amazed. She was a big strong girl so that may have been
it. She may have been one of those horses that is fairly forgiving in
that she went like she went and shoes had little effect to change that
- I don't know. It may be that contrary to what we think, boots don't
change the breakover or hoof flight much.
However, I still have somewhat an issue with riding a ride in boots
when the horse doesn't have boots on 95% of the time. There is the old
adage - don't do anything new the day of the ride and riding with boots
seems to break that.
Truman
-- "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back
"Problems
worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back." -
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