ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V97 #604

Re: ridecamp-d Digest V97 #604

carl meyer (carlmey@citrus.infi.net)
Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:04:56 +0000

> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 07:58:39 -0700
> From: "Linda S. Flemmer" <bluwolf@earthlink.net>
> To: Cheryl Newbanks <horsetrails@inficad.com>
> CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: padding your horse
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> I would not recommend any pads for the front and especially not for the
> back. Try half rounds with a full squead with borium at the toe(three
> drops spaced evenly).Half rounds give the concavity(distance from the
> ground to the sole) that is required over rocks, the squead gives the
> traction as they fill with dirt and the borium prevents slipping. This
> is for the front only. Use plain full steels with squead in behind.
> Carl Meyer D.V.M.

P.S. Please pardon my spelling on SQUEAD should be spelled SWEDGE.
C.Meyer

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