Re: Silver State 2001

["Becky Hackworth" <bechack@sierratel.com>]

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO THE SILVER STATE RIDE??? !!!!

You have to see that terrain to believe it.  It isn't just rocky, they are
the nasty bite you kind of rocks.  You really have to see it to believe it.
And yes, wild horses live there and live just fine barefoot, BUT THEY DON'T
GO 50 MILES PACKING 150+ POUNDS EXTRA,.!!!   And if you watch the wild
horses, the go around every rock they can!

Some rides are not meant to be done barefoot, and this is one of them.  Some
can, Norco Riverdance is one of them. That ride could be done barefoot.

And before you all flame me, forget it.  All of my horses are barefoot
EXCEPT MY ENDURANCE HORSES!!!   The Decomposed Granite roads out here in Ca
wear off their feet faster than they can grow them (I know, I have done it!)

Becky and the gang.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa LeChatton" <llechatton@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:36 AM
Subject: RC: Silver State 2001


> Karen didn't identify the horse that looked lame and looks can be
deceiving.
> What if that horse was a "weaver"? The horse would have looked like it was
> lame but it was just weaving in place. Its sad when people post such
> negative information and they don't know the whole story.
>
> Some Arabs do fine barefoot on any terrain because the rider knows how to
> ride over rough terrain and/or the horse is conditioned. Some horses do
not.
> Also, a crappy shoeing job is worse than no shoes.
>
> Shoeing is an owner/rider decision specific to the horse. It would really
> suck if someone made it a rule to shoe in a certain manner because of an
> inflated opinion.
>
> Get over it.
>
> Lisa LeChatton
> Garland, Tx
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Dbeverly4@aol.com
> To: karen@storallnv.com, ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   Silver State 2001
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:58:04 EST
>
> In a message dated 11/26/2001 4:36:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> karen@storallnv.com writes:
>
>
>  >  The only
>  > negative thing that day was the horse people were trying to ride
>  > barefoot.  The horse was looked really lame out on the trail, it was so
>  > sore that even my junior couldn't believe the rider didn't get off and
> walk
>  > it back to camp.  I guess it **barely** passed the vet check with a
grade
> 2
>  > lameness at the end.
>
> <FLAME SUIT ON>Wasn't this the same horse who finished in reportedly
"great"
> shape after the Sunland ride (see initial forwarded post to Ridecamp)?  IF
> this is the same horse, which has been reported on other lists (but not
RC)
> to have finished "sound" (I don't consider grade 2 lame sound) on THIS
> particular ride, you've got to wonder.  The reason I ask is that what we
ask
> our horses to do is hard enough -- this barefoot trend just makes me
crazy.
>
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