Although I would not personally compete my horse barefoot, I did a 100
mile ride with Dana Maas on her horse Jerico, who was barefoot. The
footing was pretty decent, mostly field roads and dirt paths, but there was a
good chunk of gravel road (from what I can remember....it was dark...), and it
didn't slow him down at all. He is a mixed breed horse they think has some
mustang in him. So I would say it depends totally on your horse.
