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Re: [RC] Question(s) for the Shoers (already heard from the barefoot people =) - Kathy MayedaMichele - your thinking is correct. Endurance horses need some kind of hoof protection under most conditions during an endurance ride. Conditioning rides maybe not so much, but I guess that's a multifactorial issue. Having a shod horse can be a lot easier than booting, and there's nothing wrong with wanting to keep it simple for yourself if you are happy with your farrier. You hear a lot about barefoot/booted endurance horses, but the majority of endurance horses are still in steel shoes without any problems. I just had a horse that had some balance issues that very few farriers could seem to get a handle on. So I just started to trim him myself out of frustration. He's retired from endurance now, so that made it even more incentive to keep him barefoot. Barefoot and booting when needed just became a habit with me. If too much frog is trimmed off it tends to contract the frog. K. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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