This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] the time for putting shoes on my fjord fillies is just around the corner - we have started their training with the idea that they would be good riding horses, good cart or buggie horses and work as a team doing draft farm work - they are showing a reasonable aptitude for all these and now in their second year we will be using them a little more than just giving them the "idea" of doing these things - my problem comes with what kind of shoes - we will be going very limitedly on paved road, our trails for trail-riding here in the virginia mountains is steep and rocky in places and of course we will be doing some ring work - what is good? my farrier says borium?? is great for paved roads, but can be hard on their joints if contact is made at faster than a walking speed on pavement - rubber shoes, he says, will make them a little "cluttzy" doing ring work -
i'm looking for a good dual purpose training shoe - if anyone has had to address this problem and found a good solution, please let me know mary harvey
