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RE: [RC] [RC] Barefoot at Gator Run - terry banister

Yeah, GO, Dare!
Dare to go bare!

Nailing steel to living tissue is an archaic, Mediaeval hoof-management system. Going barefoot is not such a big deal for horses that have always been barefoot, but if your horse has always had shoes, it does take nearly a year to grow a whole new healthy hoof. In the meantime, it is understandibly difficult to sustain a conditioning and racing program while transitioning to barefoot, especially if you have more than one horse. That is why the evolution of hoof boots and hoof-protection systems like hoof armor are so exciting.

A user-friendly horse boot or hoof-protection system (Hoof armor?) that works for endurance horses, will definitely work for millions of other horses, and that inventor knows they could be a millionaire. So the motivation is there.
And we just touched Mars! So we have technology that has never been available in previous history of the horse. It's just a matter of time . . .

Another good website is: Tribe Equus

Terry
"May the Horse be with you"






From: "Darolyn Butler-Dial" <darolyn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: <darolyn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ride Camp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   Barefoot at Gator Run
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:26:58 -0600

> 1 21 04
>
> Hi Folks,
> All the barefoot talk & questions has been really interesting. Glad to
> see this interchange again. My horses have a pretty nice success story
> from last weekend at the Gator Run in Florida. First off, hats off to
> Mike & Connie Caudill for putting on a class act ride. Trails were marked
> very well, Nancy did her normal great timing job and vets were wonderful.
> Things backed up a time or so, but for close to 100 riders on day II & III
> we thought it went well. Awards were ample and generous.
>
> The warm weather (relatively speaking) was delightful and the trail
> conditions were perfect. Day I is mainly road which accounted for the
> 3:31 55 miler won by Debbie Foty, then the subsequent days slowed the time
> a bit as more of the trails were in the swampy, but pleasant forest, and
> no, no one spotted an Alligator this year.
>
> Our "Bare Foot" horses had a hay day. I swear they have a metabolic
> advantage with those four little hearts in their feet working much easier
> being "bare" than shod. Two of our group were Top Ten on Day I, (there
> may have been other "barefooters" than I was not aware of), Four of us on
> Day II, (the winning 30 miler was barefoot too), and Five of us on day
> III. That included a Va. Horse.
>
> My neat little mare, DJB Tiffany, (rescued from a country horse sale two
> years ago) won the Pioneer Award by over 30 minutes & most impressively,
> the BC award on Her 3rd Day while running against fresh horses. Daniel
> Grande, our guest from Brazil, put in a brilliant performance on DJB
> Abednigo, and ended up 4th in the Pioneer Standings. Both of these horses
> were literally pulling our arms out that last day, simply defying us to go
> the medium pace we had predicted we would do on the 3rd day.
>
> Vicki Hudson's barefoot mares put in awesome performances too. DJB Ninety
> Proof, a.k.a. Belle, finished 5th & 4th, and Kolahni won (tied with
> Daniel) on Day III. I must confess, our BC scores were all within 2
> points of each other. Our top times ranged from 3:55 to 4:21 for the
> three days.
>
> I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with Martha Olivo, whom I
> consider to be one of the best natural trimmers and teachers in the United
> States, over the holidays. She did a two-day clinic at my place and two
> other mini-clinics at the Houston Mounted Police Dept. That's right, the
> mounted police!!!! There are two barefoot horses down there now.
>
> I watched Martha do three different dissections of cadaver hooves and
> increased my knowledge of how the foot works ten-fold. I'm not sure
> Martha has an equal when it comes to dissecting a hoof and explaining how
> all the parts work. It was sure an eye opener for me. And of course,
> convinced me more than ever that the health of a barefoot horse is much
> superior to his shod counterpart.
>
> She has developed a new teaching tool that "graphs" the horse's foot so
> even a "hoof newbie" can figure out what needs to be done to the hoof. &
> this is where I once again, caution everyone against just going out &
> yanking those shoes and expecting it to work. These are the three things
> that one has to have to expect success:
> #1 the correct physiological trim, #2 movement (turnout 24/7), and hooves
> immersed in water with some degree of regularity. I cannot encourage you
> guys enough to make time in your life to attend one of her clinics. If
> she is not having one near you, heck fire, contact her manager & schedule
> one yourself. I guarantee, it will change your life and your horse's
> life.
>
> I ended up doing a pretty serious touch up (trim) on 7 of the 8 horses
> that we took to Fl. on Wednesday before the ride. I just didn't have time
> b4 we left. I used the new method that Martha has introduced. (I've been
> trimming for 3 years now but this is a bit of a new twist). Yes, I know,
> the sandy roads are pretty forgiving in Fl., but even then, 155 miles in
> just over 12 hours? Their feet all looked beautiful afterward. Smooth
> and supple. No chips, breakage, or over wear. I swear they were growing
> as fast as they were wearing.
>
> The true "barefooters" don't wrap or poultice, and there was no stocking
> up on these horses... even the 3 day ones. They looked good Sunday and
> even after an almost straight through haul back to Texas (850 miles) they
> hit the ground at a big trot to get back to their pastures on Monday
> morning.
>
> All I can say is check out Martha's web site, www.marthaolivo.com
> <http://www.Marthaolivo.com > or go to mine and check all the barefoot
> links that I have listed. Its such an incredible education that you, as a
> horse owner, should not pass up. Ladies, it is so liberating to be able
> to spot a problem with a foot or the way a horse is traveling, just go
> back to the barn, pull out your rasp and fix that sucker. Read my whole
> "barefoot" adventure on my web page.
>
> I'm anxious to take a look at the Boa boots, but Martha is also supposing
> to have a new "hoof protection" boot out soon too. Yes, I'm afraid on
> the really bad rocks, I have to have some protection. Someday perhaps, if
> I am able to train on rocks, that will change too.
>
> Hope everyone is having a great year and getting rid of those iron shoes.
> Dare
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