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How is it that one could NOT afford to go barefoot.

I use a barefoot farrier...paying a tidge more for the trim is still cheaper then shoes.

Lucinda

Tracey Lomax <bandipops@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cindy wrote:
>
> >>Our beet pulp now is imported from UK I think- the Dodsen and Horrell
> kwik-beet. A bit expensive- but might get cheaper with more use 
>
> Ya, sure, that's what they said about petrol.....but moving on : it's
> expensive to buy BUT I've found that feeding it has meant that my hay
> and concentrate bill is reduced so I'm now a convert.
>
>
> >>I honestly cannot "afford" barefoot here in SA- 
>
> Roderick (who is, incidentally, Cindy's farrier) has become a bit of a
> barefoot fan of late and he's managed to
>  convince me to let him try it
> on my four Thoroughbreds (all of the older Ridecampers who remember me
> saying I'd never try it are now fully entitled to a whiplash moment) and
> I must say I'm quite impressed so far. Of course, I don't do the
> distances that Cindy does, but my horses do work over varied terrain,
> from soft sand, to tar, to stony ground, and so far, so good. The first
> horse we tried it on was Diceman who had the crappiest LTLH feet you've
> ever seen, and he's been bare now for about four months, and I've just
> started jumping him again. 
>
> We've now pulled Toc's backs, Harry's fronts (he was in a half set) and
> Barney's full set (he's off work for a month or so as he's tweaked
> something in his butt and, to be honest, I'm too bone idle to ride in
> the cold). I'll let you know how they hold up. If they do, he'll be
> eventing bare, which might be fun : only TB in the world who events
> barefoot and eating nothing but hay and beet
>  pulp! They don't come
> cheaper to keep than that! He also goes in nothing but a snaffle and
> cavesson, and bootless, so my tack bill's also low :) 
>
> Cindy and Celeste : Roderick's busy designing a new rubber shoe which he
> wants to try on endurance horses who usually go barefoot, just for
> endurance rides. Anyone wanna play guinea pig for him?
>
> Tracey
>
>
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