The farrier was very traditional and worked in partnership with a popular veterinary clininc in Cheshire who have a dim view of barefoot, it was his apprentice who was more concerned, trouble is is I just don't think he had seen performance hooves, which we all know are shorter than shod horses.
Training 4 horses and bum in the saddle, it's quite easy really my bum is hardly in the saddle the speeds I train at Fortunately I am well lets say jockey size which gives me an advantage apart from carrying weights when competing FEI. My partner, Amanda schools the boys and builds on their lateral work, as this isn't my favourite work but I am getting better and believe it has improved my balance no end _________________ Terry
Well you must have legs like iron to do all those miles
I have a picture of you in my head now - did you ever see Willy Carson on that Shetland pony? (I think Lester or someone was on a Shire in the same photo).
C
ps I think "that" practice was forced to pass the horse I sold a month ago. It was certainly through slightly gritted teeth! _________________ smartiesdiary.blogspot.com
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I have a picture of you in my head now - did you ever see Willy Carson on that Shetland pony? (I think Lester or someone was on a Shire in the same photo).
Took Pie showjumping yesterday... Double clears both courses... but just not fast enough in the jump off...
In one of them there were 6 of us out of 29 who had gone clear and I was 6th as I forgot the jump off course and had to circle before remembering...
The judge over the tanoy actually shouted, "turn left, it's jump 4 you're looking for"... that was very helpful.... but still finished 6. The judge gave us a "Special" rosette...
Let Pie down badly with that, just goes to show that inexperience will help you loose sometimes no matter how good your horse is.. ho hum.
On the plus side... totally barefoot and bouncing about like a stag...
Te he takes me back to the first time I took Fox show jumping. In the jump off I took one of the fences on a hell of an angle at a hell of a speed so I could turn quickly to get to the next one. As I went over I thought bloody hell it's still up, landed and was so chuffed I only asked him to turn when he was on the ground. He locked on to the jump in front and before I knew it we were in the air again, over it, and eliminated, if I had been a little more experienced I would have turned in the air whilst thinking bloody hell
Just a quick post to say Jake noticing what's under his feet less and less. Stomping trotting ahead of shod horse on worse 'lumpy' lane which was boots-only or get-off route in May. Its odd, he stomps ahead and even though he stumbles here and there if he hits stone on hard ground, he appears not to be bothered as his pace is unaltered and he feels relaxed and free at the shoulders througout.
Dont know whether its increase in brewers yeast (2 x heaped 50 ml per day) or grass less nasty or moving around more (see below) or combination of all three factors.
Had to enlarge day pen to house new horse as well as Jake. So now there is more room and much more movement. Negative is that there is small grass patch although this its very trampled + almost bare so they tend to eat hay instead. Jake is definitely better on his feet at the moment so this compromise workable. Clay is a hay lover bless him - I open up pen at night for them to get more grass but also put a bit more fresh hay in and Clay choses hay everytime.
Full report on Clay's feet will come soon but in short, they are flat, underrun heels, tiny frogs....evidencing compromised digestive system. Diet is as for Jake + immune, liver and probiotic support. He needs to grow proper new feet ( with new diet which is loves bless him) before he can do anything but for now hes happy mooching around and was galloping round paddock with Jake last night so life aint so bad. Bless him though, Jake looks like a body builder compared to Clay.
Clay trotted off cheekily but briefly yesterday as I tried to have a look at his feet - no malice and he halted quickly and we carried on with him offering each foot in turn very relaxed. Its probably not coming across very well but it felt like special moment as a shut down horse starts to open up and express an opinion.
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Fortunately I am well lets say jockey size which gives me an advantage apart from carrying weights when competing FEI. My partner, Amanda schools the boys and builds on their lateral work, as this isn't my favourite work but I am getting better and believe it has improved my balance no end 
