Re: RC: more shoeing questions

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Yep that's exactly right.  It is bad enough with pads on some of the SE slick
red clay, wet grass, etc.  I have done 100's in the West with easy boots over
shoes on all four and they worked quite well.  But I remember one Biltmore when
it rained and going up some of the steep it was three steps up and slide back
two in Slypners. With easy boots (or Equithotics for that matter) I don't know
if we would have ever got to the top.

Truman

tina hicks wrote:

> Okay, as one of the few people I've seen using eboots for an entire ride
> in the SE (where you have to explain to even experienced ride vets why
> you have them on and what that stuff is that looks like caulk sticking
> out) I have to chime in...I've used them for many, many, many training
> rides and a few rides (50 milers) all the way thru and on other rides
> for just certain loops. I can cut them down and put them on (foam
> included) in my sleep - I am no stranger to e-boots.
>
> I am the first one to extoll the virtues of an eboot- I *love* them for
> all the reasons Karen does BUT in the SE we seem to have more mud, red
> clay and wet grass than we do pavement, rocks, and deep sand.
>
> I (and the horse I was riding <g>) have gone down, all the way down,
> twice because the boots hit some wet grass and have had several other
> slips in mud or grass where I drew leather off the saddle with my cheeks
> :) - we can't just "throw on easyboots and go" down here - the terrain
> isn't as well suited for them as it is in other parts of the country.
>
> Tina
>

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Truman Prevatt
Brooksville, FL

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