Re: Re: barefoot

["Tina Hicks" <tina@autoairbagcovers.com>]

How is the barefoot horse gimping over rocks any different than shod horses
gimping over the very same rocks? Or suffering a stone bruise? Shoeing most
certainly does not make a horse impervious to rocks or stone bruises.

Tina

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: RC: Re: barefoot


> 4. With all the recent talk of how we need more
> restrictions/rules/requirements so endurance "looks better" to the public
&
> that we don't abuse our horses, how would we explain that ride management
> isn't allowed to try to prevent barefoot horses gimping around in the
rocks?
>