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[RC] synthetic shoes - mfarmI have been through the archives and found a few older posts about synthetic shoes. There was not a lot of strong praise for any of them. A few people liked what they did, but were also using metal in some cases. Has This changed? I train on hard packe gravel logging roads exclusively. My 23 mile loop has about 3500 feet of elivation gain and fall, (up 1000 down 750 up 750 down 1400...). I like the idea of reduced concussion and dampened vibration of the synthetic shoes. I also like the idea of the reduced weight. I do not shoe my own horses, my ferrier is willing to give it a go if I like. She does a great job with the current shoes now. I can get about 300 to 400 miles of training out of the steel before they are worn out. I have not padded the soles of the steel shoes yet, but am thinking of doing someting to protect from stone bruses this year. Some of the shoes have builtin pads. I guess the bottom line question is; are they of some benift to the horse, and what are the real world experences? Thanks Adam Falk mfarm@xxxxxxx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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