RE: Slippery Training Rides

["Snodgrass, Bonnie" <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>]

I believe the nails are made by DuraTrac. Check www.horseshoes.com or
farrier supply sources. We get our farrier to put them on for certain rides.
I asked him about the hammer and he said he wasn't concerned but he doesn't
do use them a whole lot either. If you use these nail then definitely use 4
per shoe, two in front and two at the heels (4th hole). The nail heads stick
out a lot further than plain nail heads do. With only two borium headed
nails you will change the angle of the foot. (tried that only once). The
borium doesn't last all that long by the way. I just did the 25 LD at the OD
this year and at the end of the ride all the nail heads were flush with
surface of the shoe. There is another product that can be applied to a shoe
with out welding. It can be done with a forge. I read about it on one of the
farrier bulletin boards on horseshoes.com. If you are interested in reading
about it, use their search function and the word traction.

I also use the St. Croix eventers and think they're the best thing since
sliced bread.

Bonnie Snodgrass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu [SMTP:flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 25, 1998 1:49 PM
> To:	ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject:	Slippery Training Rides
> 
> The county just tarred & chipped (ie cheaply paved) a good number of the
> back roads that I train on.  It is <exceptioanlly> slippery to ride
> downhill on these roads now, even at a walk.  Great for the cars, lousy
> for the horses!
> 
> I have heard that there are horseshoe nails that have borium nail
> heads.  Anyone know the name/manufacturer?  My farrier thinks that they
> will chew up his hammer.  What do your farrier do for setting these
> nails?  Does he have a sacrificial hammer?  Harder hammer?  .....
> 
> I don't like borium on my shoes, but I thought two to four nails with
> borium heads might be just the ticket.  I'm currently using St. Croix
> Eventers with clips.  The Sneaker/Equithotics are yanked off by my horse
> everytime he's out in the field playing (22 hrs/day) :-(  We gave up on
> Slypners - the inserts kept popping out.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated.  Thanks for any replies.
> 
> Linda Flemmer