Re: Stone bruises & hoof hardeners

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

We have to train on gravel roads, and our local horse trails are hilly and
rocky. My farrier suggested wide web shoes and they are terrific. I get
more resets from them than from traditional shoes and Star has never come
up with a stone bruise. I know several endurance adn CTR riders here in
eastern Kansas who use these shoes.

chris paus & star

At 05:52 PM 1/9/98 +1100, Luke Steele wrote:
>To harden my horses feet, I use stones and rocks.
>I moved from a wet region to a drier place with well-drained, rocky paddocks.
>We train over stony and rocky terrain.
>The fact that we have had well below our average rainfall for 13 of the
>past 16 months has contributed to *very* hard feet!
>Gradually introducing training over stony tracks will toughen your horse's
>feet naturally, however, with Nikita's flat, shelly feet I found the use of
>Shocktamer Rim Pads also helped her through two intensive years of
>competition.
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>Regards,
>
>Luke
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>steelela@hotmail.com -or-
>horseman@hotkey.net.au
>http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/7483/
>Luke and Nikita and Sarah and Shadrach
>Riddells Creek, Victoria, Australia
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