<< whenever we had to go downhill on pavement, too, so we mostly picked our
way
along the roadside, ditches and all (she has ordinary flat steel shoes.) My
farrier said something about road founder being a risk for riding on such
surfaces.
>>
I read an article in Equus some time ago about road trotting. Hard surface
trotting builds bone density. Start at 20 min. a day, and build up. Road
surface can be slick with grease, . crowned or banked. Parade horses use
borium, Police horses use hard rubber shoes, I've also seen Equiboots. Judy