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Re: [RC] Subject: [RC] hoof protection at Tevis - Dawn Carrie

I used 4 regular Easy Boots over shoes.  However, I had an issue I've never had before.  These were new boots, and I had 3 buckles break.  Actually, one buckle broke during a 12 mile pre-ride (from the finish to Lower Quarry and back)...in fact, it broke during the 6 miles from the finish to Lower Quarry, as I noticed it was broken when we got to LQ.  The buckle simply snapped in half, leaving just one of the little slots for the cable.  Brand new boot, first time used.  :(  If a buckle can't handle 6 miles, much of which had no rocks...
 
The other two broke sometime during the first 36 miles of Tevis, before Robinson Flat.  One snapped in half just like the first one, and the other just snapped the tip off.  Again, brand spankin' new boots.  What the heck gives????  New kind of metal they're using for the buckles???  I ain't too happy...now I have to buy new buckles for 3 boots...and go through the hassle of replacing them.  :( 
 
Anyone else had this problem?
 
Dawn Carrie

 
On 7/31/07, Dream Weaver <nvrider@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Just wondering if any of the horses at Tevis were wearing some kind
>of hoof boot, specifically, the Epics or Bares.

Yes, lots of them were.  I did get some photos which are in my
blog:  http://easycareinc.typepad.com/karen/     A lot of horses
seemed to be losing shoes and the riders usually use Easyboots, or
Epics to get them to the next check where they can get a shoe nailed
back on.  A few riders did of course use boots the entire way.  It
did seem that a lot of riders had to borrow boots because they
weren't carrying their own.  The two times I completed the Tevis I
used Easyboots, and still carried extras (which I lent out to
others).   It's always a good idea on a ride like that to be extra
prepared which means not just carrying an extra boot (and having an
extra one or two in your crewbag) but it's also important to have
already fit it to the horse you are riding and know how to get them
on and off.  Especially after seeing how many horses lost shoes this
year.  The first time to be doing that isn't on the side of the trail
with horses going by.

Karen



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