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Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses - Barbara McCrary

I'm glad to hear that boots are now allowed. When we first tried a NATRC ride in 1975, my husband was riding a horse we had just bought and the horse had just finished Tevis (16th) wearing leather pads. Lud didn't bother to remove the pads, as we knew nothing of NATRC rules. Our sister-in-law was just putting on the first of her many years of NATRC rides, so we thought we would try it out. All went well for awhile until a disgruntled rider noticed Lud's horse was wearing pads and the rider tattled to the judges and vets. Lud was called on the carpet for this infraction, so he said how about removing the pads, and he was told that was OK. So he whipped out his trusty pocket knife and cut out the pads, then continued on his way. I guess it's only recently that the policy of no extra hoof protection has been revised.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- From: "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses



Well, I have to offer a 'slight' correction, Barbara --

The old NATRC rules did prohibit using boots, but now you can use boots --
there was a rule change, I don't know when because I'm too new. At any
rate, NATRC allows boots, as long as they don't cover the coronet. And most
riders in NATRC use shoes, which I guess you could also call hoof
protection.


Carla Richardson
Colorado

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses


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>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:54 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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Replies
[RC] "sound"? endurance horses, Ridecamp Guest
Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses, Barbara McCrary
Re: [RC] "sound"? endurance horses, Sky Ranch