Re: shoe pads

[Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com]

     This makes much more sense.  I haven't actually been to a ride yet -
     so, I was having a hard time picturing how you would go about putting
     on and taking off the boots.  Vet checks make perfect sense, but I've
     only heard about how little time you really have to get everything
     done, and I was thinking about time constraints.

     Plus, I was envisioning going to a ride where I've never been (easy
     for me to do <g>) and trotting happily along over rocks only to
     suddenly hit a big muddy stretch.  I guess ride meetings prepare you
     for these things - but having never been, I wouldn't know.  (Do they,
     by the way?  I mean, what kind of information should I expect to get
     at the ride meeting?  What do they assume people already know?)

     Then again, I've never used easy boots either, so I don't know how
     fast they go on and come off.  So you see where my confusion comes
     from.  :)

     Thanks for the clarification!

     Kenzie & Zane
     Birmingham, AL


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Subject: RC: Re: shoe pads
Author:  CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com
Date:    10/19/99 3:26 PM

I sure wouldn't change for every little footing change--as I also stated, I
rarely use ANYTHING.  But I sure as heck would Easyboot at a vet check if I
knew that the next leg was very rocky, and would take them off again at a
vet check if I knew that I was through the worst of the rocks.  One has to
be practical with anything, but it sure makes more sense to commit to
something that is easily changed at a vet check than to commit to something
that is hopefully going to be the same for 6 weeks, despite the fact that
if you are
campaigning hard, you might be going to three or more rides in that time
frame with vastly different conditions, or worse yet, a couple of
multi-days
where the conditions may change vastly from day to day.  Some of our rides
here have ONE bad rocky section, so E-booting at the vet check before that
section is a simple matter, as is removing them at the next check and going
back to enjoying the good footing with plain ol' shoes.

Heidi





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