New Balance Shoes

["Snodgrass, Bonnie" <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>]

I have a question about the steel NB shoes. You say they are very similar to
the St. Croix wide web shoes. Is that a different St. Croix shoe than the
Eventer? I've been using the Eventers for years and really like the improved
traction (over a flat shoe). I thought about trying the NB shoes if they
ever made a steel version but don't want to loose that extra grip on the
ground. Is there a web site that I could go to to see a picture of the NB
steel shoe?

Bonnie Snodgrass

-----Original Message-----
From: DreamWeaver [mailto:karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:00 PM
To: Maggie Mieske; tina@liveonthenet.com; ridecamp
Subject: RC: Re: Shoes, blood flow, and endurance




We just put the new NB steel shoes on Weaver for the first time.  They are 
very similar to the St. Croix wide webs that he's been in all these 
years.  The toe area is a little larger, and more square but otherwise they 
are almost alike in many ways. (they feel about the same weight) His feet 
do look a bit odd to me, because of the change, but damn...the horse is 
sure moving nice in them!  :-)))

Of course, the aluminum NB shoes would have been out of the question.  I 
had just had Rocky re-shod on his hind feet the week before the XP with 
brand new St. Croix wide webbs, and they were worn down to the thickness of 
a butterknife after 4 days and he had to be completely reshod.  I didn't 
even get any conditioning miles on that set.

k





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