I know that there are so many different kinds of shoes out there, I keep seein the sidewinder flashing on the top of the screen her, and her lots of people using rims or pole plates.  What do you use? and why.  What is the best shoe for Barrel Racing or gaming?  Just curios

I have used the St. Crox Eventer for many years now on all my horses.

I started using them because they are a wider web shoe and I needed more protection for a horse that had a flat foot. They offer enough of a rim to keep a horse from slipping but not enough to cause you to stick in the ground.

The draw back might be that they are alittle heavier shoe. But they do come in aluminum. I use the steel though.

We get Scott Bruecker out of Wis. Rapids........I don't think he's done anyone in YOUR neck of the woods, lol. My vet recommended him a few years back...........pricey but they all are aren't they??

Ok, tell me why to use a rim shoe?  I am not stupid, but what kinda ground are they made for?  I use alum wedges on one horse(front only) and reg. kegs on the back, and the other two get just reg. keg shoes.  I don't have trouble running or standing up, but haven't noticed slipping but my be.  Tell me what a difference it will make in my runs if I am to use a rim shoe?

My older gelding gets the St. Croix square toe ultra light on the front and the St. Croix light rims on the back.  Helps him to get out of his turns faster and he does better in deep ground than he used to with eventers all the way around.

My 11 year old gets St. Croix eventers all the way around.

I use aluminum shoes on my mare. They're called level grips, but it's the same thing as a barrel shoe in aluminum.

Down here in FL, most pens tend to be a little deep, and my girl is a small horse. With steel shoes, she just had too hard a time getting around the barrels and leaving them up. The aluminum shoes have made a difference (as long as I KEEP DRIVING!!) in the turns.

I'm the same as ride_n_slide...

Rims on the front, regular shoes on the back....

Originally written by OkieGal on 2004-04-14 1:28 PM

We use the St. Croix Ultra Lite Rims on my barrel horse, all the way around and I use them because that is what Cindy Hamilton told me to use!!!!  LOL, I have seen a HUGE difference in my horse since we started using these....

We just set these same shoes on my mare yesterday for the first time.  Hope to get the same great results as you are reporting!!

I started her in regular steel rims and then last year switched to all aluminum in the front with pads but noticed too much shock to her feet so, farrier wanted to try these as a happy medium. 

I just keep an eye on her feet as she has that slight ring-bone in the front rt. so I am extra cautious.  She always runs well, not a matter of the difference being that obvious so I have to watch for changes internally through X-ray and just plane good detective work!!

 I run the rest of my horses even the "greenies" in regular steel rims.

The only thing that worries me about the "sidewinders" is they appear to have way too much "torque" ability.  I would be interested to hear anyone that does use them and if they have found that to be an issue at all.

My farrier uses St Croix.. On my barrel horses and my husbands calf horse..

Good tip with St Croix shoes, when the ground in the areana is deep and thick it tends to pack in a horses hooves maybe bog them down some, spray pam on the bottom of  the horses feet and it will help!

That is what my vet and shoer have said...

I have had great results with the performance horse shoes that were designed by Jim Kieth at Tucumcari Farrier Tech.  Sorry, I don't know the proper name for them, but they are sort of a cross between a rim and a keg shoe.