RE: Equi-Pak & Equi-Build

["Susan Swope-Attardi" <Nagzarus@worldnet.att.net>]

Equi-Pak is an excellent product.  I have used it without a screen, with a screen and under a pad.  Using the screen was the best option for my horse with a medium cup in his foot.  Stayed quite well, even through mud and helped him develop more cup and heel.  We reset every four weeks during race season. 

 

For our flat-footed, low cupped horse, we used to use simply the screen.  Couldn't keep it in.  This particular horse is a ewe-necked, 1/2 Quarter Horse who is heavy on the forehand and has little extension to his gait (a whole separate issue!), but can trot fast!!  For this horse, we went to Equi-pak under a shock absorbing synthetic pad; using it much as you would regular silicone.  This has done wonders for this horse.  In just five weeks using the pad combination, the horse developed a great deal more cup for the first time in his life.  He also moved like a dream.  So, we got both protection and therapeutic results using it this way. 

 

I have not used Equi-Build, but can attest that the Equi-pak works wonders for many reasons.  I also have a friend who has used it all season on her "first string" endurance horse with excellent results.

 

Susan Swope-Attardi, secretary
Daniel Boone Distance Riders
Host of the 2001 American Endurance Ride Conference National Championships
http://home.att.net/~dbdistanceriders/

-----Original Message-----
From: LAURIE AND WADE PEARSON [mailto:wadepearson@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 5:16 PM
To: RIDECAMP
Subject: RC: Equi-Pak & Equi-Build

Any feed back from anyone on these products. I am still looking for the perfect pad set up. I don't need pads all the time,

but when I do it seems my blacksmith and I can't seem to get it right.

 

• Is it too far back?
• Is it too short?
• Should it cover the whole frog and stick out past the shoe?
• Leather or Urethane?
• How far back should the shoe go?

Is the world flat or round? AHHHHHHHHH

 

Laurie