Re: Slippery Training Rides

["Susan Swope-Attardi" <NAGZARUS@prodigy.net>]

Hey Bonnie,

I just switched to St. Croix eventers.  So happy to hear you like them!  We
just did our first training ride with them last night.  Say, how do they
wear?  Can you estimate how long you get out of a pair?  I do about 5-8
miles a week on pavement out of necessity in getting to other training
areas.

Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: Snodgrass, Bonnie <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>
To: 'flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu' <flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu>;
ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: Slippery Training Rides


>I believe the nails are made by DuraTrac. Check www.horseshoes.com or
>farrier supply sources. We get our farrier to put them on for certain
rides.
>I asked him about the hammer and he said he wasn't concerned but he doesn't
>do use them a whole lot either. If you use these nail then definitely use 4
>per shoe, two in front and two at the heels (4th hole). The nail heads
stick
>out a lot further than plain nail heads do. With only two borium headed
>nails you will change the angle of the foot. (tried that only once). The
>borium doesn't last all that long by the way. I just did the 25 LD at the
OD
>this year and at the end of the ride all the nail heads were flush with
>surface of the shoe. There is another product that can be applied to a shoe
>with out welding. It can be done with a forge. I read about it on one of
the
>farrier bulletin boards on horseshoes.com. If you are interested in reading
>about it, use their search function and the word traction.
>
>I also use the St. Croix eventers and think they're the best thing since
>sliced bread.
>
>Bonnie Snodgrass
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu [SMTP:flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 1:49 PM
>> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>> Subject: Slippery Training Rides
>>
>> The county just tarred & chipped (ie cheaply paved) a good number of the
>> back roads that I train on.  It is <exceptioanlly> slippery to ride
>> downhill on these roads now, even at a walk.  Great for the cars, lousy
>> for the horses!
>>
>> I have heard that there are horseshoe nails that have borium nail
>> heads.  Anyone know the name/manufacturer?  My farrier thinks that they
>> will chew up his hammer.  What do your farrier do for setting these
>> nails?  Does he have a sacrificial hammer?  Harder hammer?  .....
>>
>> I don't like borium on my shoes, but I thought two to four nails with
>> borium heads might be just the ticket.  I'm currently using St. Croix
>> Eventers with clips.  The Sneaker/Equithotics are yanked off by my horse
>> everytime he's out in the field playing (22 hrs/day) :-(  We gave up on
>> Slypners - the inserts kept popping out.
>>
>> Any ideas are appreciated.  Thanks for any replies.
>>
>> Linda Flemmer
>