> 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 > Message-ID: <34101E1F.1D1A@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > 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