Re: RC: Old Mac Horse Boots

[Jerri Larsen <jerril@ycsi.net>]

Thanks Kat, I will go to the site and read up on them... I wonder if they 
can be used on a Paso Fino, gaited horse?

Thanks
Jerri

At 12:03 PM 5/22/01 -0700, you wrote:
>K S SWIGART   katswig@earthlink.net
>
>I have been using these boots on my horse for the past 6 weeks and
>am very pleased with how they are performing so far.  I will also be
>using them on my horse for the 2001 XP ride--so...something of a
>rather substantial test for them.
>
>So far, both me and my horses love them.  They go on easily.  I have
>had no problem with them coming off, and the horses move with
>great elasticity and impulsion in their stride (I could feel the
>difference the instant I put them on, and it has gotten better as
>they have gotten more used to them).
>
>I don't know if they are going to work for 2000 miles (no way to tell
>until I try it), but from what I have done with them so far, I can
>definitely recommend them for training and conditioning, and for
>general every day use on any non-competing horse (assuming that the
>horse is conformationally suited to their use; their website 
>www.oldmacs.com.au
>and promotional materials do state that they are inappropriate for use
>on horses whose feet twist after they hit the ground).
>
>But I figure that if they work for the XP this summer, they will work
>for just about anything.
>
>kat
>Orange County, Calif.
>
>
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