Cruel????? Disaster????? Have you even been east of the Mississippi? Can you fathom the word "terrain"? None of my barefoot horses are lame, after a 55 mile endurance ride. Except for one shoeing they've been that way since April. I guess that's just a fluke or something. I'm sure they'll completely fall apart after my next endurance ride just because you say this is how it will be. And your remark that if "you can't afford protection than don't do endurance," is up there with "if you have to ask the price than you can't afford it" kind of thinking. You must be from California! Man, talk about closed minds. For me, the dark ages were filled with people like yourself who only had one train of thought; that train traveled in one direction and at one speed (very slow). cya, Howard (looks to me like there are extremists on both sides of this coin) ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Elliott (EQUINE PERFORMANCE) Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:03 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] No-Hoof-No Ride My 2 cents, its cruel to do endurance riding without foot protection. unless you like the words "take a chance"
In the dark ages where in time there was no money exchange they would have gone barefoot if it worked.
but most in battle came up lame and the rider was killed, or the horse couldnt go to the battle line. read history on horse shoes, even Indians came up with a burlap hoof protection.
shoes = prevented hoof protection
barefoot= disaster
ok ride barefoot but go as fast as you can before the soreness setts in next day lame.
barefoot= read the ground! no hoof wall all torn up from rough surfaces and terrian
barefoot= no weight or a 80 lb rider may make it
all past people i know of the horses that had to try barefoot are lame . everyone has to try something themselves, newbies need to listen to history
if you want to go barefoot pull the shoes after the ride! or for 2 mos during the off season.
if you can't afford hoof-protection dont do endurance
endurance = over all types of terrain, one rock is out there to get ya.
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