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having been involved in and managing endurance rides (not riding)
for the last 10 yrs, i still cannot understand how a horse that has to be 
padded or wear easy boots can be considered a "sound" horse.  if the horse 
cannot be ridden in a standard horseshoe or  bare foot then he is not sound 
enough for an endurance horse and should be retired to the trail.  Using pads, 
equitotics, plastic shoes, etc and then having to Bute the horse later is 
closer to abuse than good horsemanship.
I expect this little note to stir things up a bit.  HA-HA


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