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    Re: [RC] trotting on pavement - C. Eyler


    > If you have to do any distance on pavement, I'm a believer in plastic
    shoes
    > or at least easy boots. I know a lot of riders use borium, but that has to
    > torque the legs as it grabs the pavement.
    >
    > Use Ground Control plastic shoes and you don't need to worry about
    traction
    > or concussion.
    
    At the OD, Art King found that the reason one horse seemed off at one of the
    vet checks was that there was a stone under the rear edge of one of it's
    rubber shoes (not sure of the brand of shoe).  The shoe was so floppy at
    that spot that it was easy for a stone to lodge there.
    
    Cindy
    
    
    
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