Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Sorbathane

-----Original Message-----
From: goearth <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx <Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Sorbathane


>Hello Kathy,  I had the same problem w/ Sorbathane (is it an i or an a?)
>Pads a decade or so  ago. They went 'Squishy' in training of less than 50
>miles and it cost between 10-15$ per pad times 4.  There has to be an
>advancemnent on this product over the years or else they gave up on what i
>think is a Novel Idea.  If i was a Chemist, (which i am not), i would
>incorporate a Synthetic Glue Sorbathane product utilizing the Natural Trim
>Method and let it rip.  Shoeing has not changed basically for thousands of
>years.  i remember being in Matthew Mackay-Smiths barn one day w/ a whole
>slew of farriers from the region attending the glue on shoe of some type by
>the Factory Rep and Matthews results were NOT satisfactory to him.  So
being
>of the ignorant type on mechanical realms i would like to find SOMETHING
>that works rather than a process developed thousands of years ago.  And
>today while speaking to the Reactor Saddle People (Thank You RC) who use
>Sorbathane in their saddles i came into poetry.... "Glue is better than
>Screw". and i will interestingly check that saddle and that process out.
>tom sites
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx <Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx>
>To: goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
><ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 5:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [RC] Sorbathane and Human Conditioning
>
>
>>Hi Tom,
>>
>>I looked into Sorbithane pads for Magnum (the arthritic
>>old TB ex-racer w/ an old healed fracture) a few years
>>ago as the numbers showed a marked decrease in concussion
>>transferred from the ground / shoe to the hoof and on up
>>the leg.  Very impressive numbers.
>>
>>Yes, they do make a horse shoeing pad.  The problem with
>>it is the pad squishes down and the shoe becomes loose
>>pretty quickly and must be retightened.  And then
>>when I asked the company about how much the concussion
>>damping properties would diminish over time (given the pads
>>squish pretty rapidly), they couldn't answer that question.
>>
>>So that was the last of the sorbithane pad idea for me.
>>The old TB can lose shoes well enough on his own, thank
>>you very much.
>>
>>I'd think foaming easyboots over shoes (or bare hooves)
>>would be the best way to go for a rocky / fast endurance
>>race.  I foamed on easyboots for Blue (my arabian) on his
>>last 50.  He bounced around his pasture like a kid with
>>new Michael Jordans... he thinks foamed on easyboots are
>>pretty fun!  He also did better than I was expecting at
>>the ride.  Here in NM, as you will recall from the
>>National Championship ride stories a few years ago, we
>>have Rocks... with a capital R.
>>
>>Kathy Myers
>>Santa Fe, NM
>>
>



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