>>> how's that for a bunch of speculating? Pretty good!
>> [] Horseshoes with borium > > VERY HARD AND VERY SLICK surfaces -- glare ice > and marble floors -- they aren't sharp enough to cut in, and thus i have > to walk a bit more carefully on them. but mostly they keep me from > slipping to the point where i don't even worry about it. How would they work if a horse was shod on only two feet? >> [] Horseshoes with studs > > (things that stick out further than the shoe surface), my first guess > would be that they work like borium in providing more scratch and grip. OK. And how does that work in regard to the way a horse's foot "slides" into place? Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com