Re: [RC] Steel or Aluminum shoes? - Sisu West Ranch
I have only seen, personally, one endurance horse shod in
Aluminum shoes. By the end of the ride they were trashed. The ride
was about average in abrasiveness, and the horse before and after was not hard
on steel shoes.
There is real differences in how hard horses are on
shoes. Perhaps, a horse easy on shoes could successfully be shod in
Aluminum, if the environment was not particularly abrasive. The other end
of the spectrum is Ranger. He needs hard surfaced steel shoes or he wears
them out in about a month.
Yes, I do know that "proper" conformation would prevent
excess shoe wear, but we got to deal with the horse we have.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
