Re: [RC] [RC-Digest]dare to go bare - Truman Prevatt
Going back to something Angie said a few days ago, slapping on shoes
right before a ride is a big change. Putting on Easyboots just for a
ride is a big change. In both cases you are adding a significant amout
of weight to the end of a very long lever and it will impact the way
the horse moves. In the case of easy boots the breakover is now defined
by the boot not horse and that too can make a big difference in the way
the horse moves. If they haven't trained that way - then can they ride
that way for 50 miles?
I prefer to make minimal changes (none being the desired goal) between
conditioning and ride day. It sound good in theory to ride barefoot
and then make a change for a "rocky ride," but this is a huge change
right before a ride.
Truman
At 06:22 PM 1/22/04 -0800, you wrote:
I have
used easy boots but have
problems losing them in muddy
conditions. I have not tried using vet-wrap with the easy
boots
and don't want to: I have little enough time to ride as it is
without having to mess with that.
