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The only videos I've spent time looking at in detail are the ones 
I've made, where I've got one, two, three or four horses trotting in 
a group, some with boots and some without, sometimes shod, or not, 
with various types of boots.  I can see the horses moving in sync 
together, or one horse moving the same in multiple videos, doesn't 
matter if they are shod, barefoot, or wearing boots with mine as they 
all appear to be moving the same and have adapted to move the way 
that is most efficient for them regardless of what is on their 
feet.  Based on the # of miles they have all done either shod, with 
boots over shoes, or with boots over bare hooves I can't say that it 
mattered to the horse other than I think the benefits of having them 
barefoot the rest of their lives is immeasurable, and that I think 
the wear and tear of competition is lessened.  I'm only posting about 
my own personal experience, my horses are in none of the EasyCare 
videos.  What I can see in some of those videos that the movement 
appears to change because the video has been slowed down, 
exaggerating it considerably.  Karen

At 11:38 AM 9/10/2006, Karen Standefer wrote:
> http://www.easycareinc.com/education/videos/movement.aspx
>
> Have any of the biomechanic or research professionals evaluated these
> videos?  Or better stil, a live horse demonstration of the different boots
> vs bare or shod?
>
> I can see differences in flight patterns.  I'm just curious what other
> people see.
>
> Karen

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