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Sue Walz wrote:
... Raven's feet barely change after 50 tough miles!

Properly conditioned the hoof pays no price. It is tough enough!

> > Conditioned to rock & pavement damage does not occur
> Simply not true.  Conditioning certainly helps to minimize the
> damage--but does not eliminate it entirely.
Then why aren't Raven's hoofs damaged after the rocky 50's he's done?

> > Increased sole callous decreases or eliminates the chance of stone 
> > bruises
> Decreases, certainly.  Eliminates, no.  And sole callus can (and does)
> also increase in properly conditioned AND PROPERLY SHOD horses that
> wear shoes.
Then Raven should've been stone bruised after Prineville, Pacific Crest &
Bandit.
He flew over lot's of harsh rock on all of those rides & came through sound.

These comments imply that Raven is a fast, tough Endurance horse who though
barefoot, completes successfully, ride after ride with never a problem.
Here is Raven's record for Endurance rides from AERC.org:
2006 - two rides, 2 completions
2005 - four rides, 2 "pulled lame", 1 "RO", 1 completion
2004 - seven rides, 3 "pulled lame", 4 completions
2003 - no rides
2002 - three rides, 3 "pulled lame"
2001-1999 - fourteen rides, 5 "pulled lame", 1 "RO", 8 completions
Total - 30 rides, 13 "pulled lame", 2 "RO", 15 completions

Assuming that in addition he completed both the 2006 Pacific Crest and the 
2006 Bandit Springs, that would give him 32 rides with 17 completions but 
through 2005, 28 rides with 13 completions.  If he was shod for his 3 Tevis 
rides, 1999-2005 = 25 rides barefoot with 11 completions.



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