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I don't agree with your assessment of the horse's soundness.  Some horses 
are more rock sensitive than others and I don't see any problem with 
protecting their feet with boots if they are the sensitive type.  It would 
be interesting to see what percentage of horses have such tough feet that 
they can ride 50-100 miles through rocks and not be sore.  Perhaps if one 
trains in rocks all the time the horse may become accustomed to them, but 
not all of us have such training grounds.  As for Bute, how many riders can 
do 500-100 miles and not be sore enough afterwards to want some aspirin or 
Advil?
Are you by any chance a NATRC rider?  I know their rules prohibit foot 
protection, but look at the distinct difference in pacing.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses


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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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