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Barbara McCrary wrote:
> How fast you can cover 25 miles with a driving horse will depend on the 
> surface he will be trotting on.  If it were a decent surface, not hard 
> pavement (unlikely), he could do that in three hours.  Take along a 
> large ice chest with several ice packs and it is do-able.  I'd hate to 
> trot a horse for three hours steady on a paved road, however.
> I used to pick up our two girls from grammar school, but that was only 5 
> miles each way, and our beloved horse also developed ringbone on all 
> four feet by the time he was in his early 20s.  I don't recommend that.  
> I wonder how the Amish manage.  Do they pad the horses' feet, or ????
>
> Barbara

AIR the shoes on Amish horses have rubber inserts.

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Joe Long
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