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Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses - Jessica Spoone-RainesMaybe you should try walking barefoot on sharp rocks and see if it doesn't hurt your feet. My horses ride fine in shoes but I don't like them. I prefer to keep him barefoot most of the time so use easyboots when needed. Easyboots will not make an unsound horse sound. I tool Casino to the Old Dominion last year, he stepped on a stone and bruised his foot, was unsound at the trot out barefoot, put his boots on and retrotted and guess what, still unsound! I've never had to bute a horse after riding.Jess Spoone-Raines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses Please Reply to: Concerned about horses lookout@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== 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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