Re: [RC] Boa boots and today's ride - Barbara McCrary
We ordered a set of Boa Boots at the
convention for one of our horses that simply cannot keep front shoes on.
He has a very short back and long legs with overreach. He grabs the back
of a front shoe and snatches it off with hardly a bobble. We're going to
try keeping him barefoot, condition with Boa Boots and compete with Easy Boots
and see whether this works. He even managed to pull of Ground Control
shoes. Sigh........
The only thing we bought at the convention was
for our non--endurance horse ... my husband's big Belgian/TB cross who doesn't
get out much and thinks 5 miles is an endurance ride. She takes a size 3. I
thought it would be a 4 but they thought a 3. They were right! They were so
easy to put on and I think she loved them. We did some trotting and
a fast lope at one point and they look like they fit her really
well.
She gets owie just on a 5-mile ride because the
places we take her that are a little flatter (she had a torn suspensory almost
two years ago) and it's gravel fire road. Since we don't put shoes on her
front feet (she gets eggbars on the back because of the torn suspensory and
very poor conformation) these will be great for her. They'll last forever
since she only gets out about 10 times a year. Way cheaper than putting shoes
on her all the time which we just can't justify with the little bit that she
gets ridden.
Boy, were they easy to put on and take off! Wish
I could use them on the endurance horses ...
