I should have clarified my statements for
anyone who misunderstood. I talked about the horses I applied HoofArmor to
having sore pasterns the next day. I would suppose it may have been because,
due to a lack of available stalls in the ride village, the horses were forced
to stand in their slot on the slant 4-horse trailer all night after a 50 mile
ride. That is my best guess, unless it was due to lack of conditioning. Their
vet did not blame HoofArmor.
The story I told about the Easy Boots was
from some people I did not know who came up to me and showed me their worn out Easy
Boots and asked me to apply HoofArmor to the bottom of a new pair for the next
day’s ride. I do not know if it helped or not. I am not slamming Easy
boots, just stating my observation and what they said about the difference in
materials.
Another potential problem I observed was
that there was no farrier on staff at the Santa Fe Race. There was one farrier
traveling with a team, but I think he was also a rider and not available for
anyone. I know for a fact that there was one woman who wore out a pair of shoes
in two days, could not find a farrier to replace them, and had to use a
different horse. I don’t know what happened after that as I left early.
Neither do I know what people using shoes did after 200, 300 or 400 miles;
although I know some riders did their own shoeing.
If there are any more questions I can
answer from what I observed I will gladly answer them. I was there to support
one maybe two teams, and I was pretty busy. Thanks for allowing me to respond.
