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turtleaut Reg. Nov 2008	Posted 2014-08-21 5:37 PM Subject: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Expert Posts: 1286 Location: Mississippi	And my farrier can't make it out until the first of next week. Would you still run or not? I should be able to park where we won't have to encounter much if any gravel but I am a worry wart...
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Lyric203 Reg. Jan 2014	Posted 2014-08-21 5:40 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Veteran Posts: 209	If the arena has good ground I wouldn't be terribly concerned. I feel for you though my mare threw one back shoe in a run and took off so much of her hoof the farrier cant get a new shoe on it so we are stuck without backs for awhile.
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Three 4 Luck Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-08-21 6:08 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Accident Prone Posts: 22277 Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR	Run her. I won barrel races a couple of times with a back shoe missing, which is worse than having both gone.
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2014-08-21 6:12 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	If your horse is not sore from pulling the shoe, then go.
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sorrel horse ranch Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2014-08-21 6:15 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Angel in a Sorrel Coat Posts: 16030 Location: In a happy place	Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-21 6:12 PM If your horse is not sore from pulling the shoe, then go. Yes. This^
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2014-08-21 6:29 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	It depends on when the last shoeing was and how long the wall is.... They have to pivot on those back feet and a long wall without a shoe makes for bad splits when you do that.. I'm surprised both back shoes came off... I see something wrong there..
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Bibliafarm Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2014-08-21 7:00 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Warmblood with Wings Posts: 27846 Location: Florida..	run him once but dont run him alot.. til farrier comes.. keep off stones and bad ground.. he should be fine..
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lonely va barrelxr Reg. Apr 2005	Posted 2014-08-21 8:38 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Reaching for the stars.... Posts: 12708	I just attended the Colonial National multi day show on a 100% gravel grounds facility. I haven't had a shoe on any horse for over two years. I won't ride them across the gravel, but they are fine. There's horses with shoes who 'owey' foot here and there on stray big rocks and no difference in my guys. I also do not get cracked feet from running barefoot. I do get the best traction a horse can get without shoes - just the perfect amount of bite and slide.
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rodeowithjoker Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-08-21 10:04 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Am I really the Weirdo? Posts: 11181 Location: Kansas	If your horse didn't tear anything up and is not sore, I wouldn't panic about back shoes. I've run Clifford with a front shoe missing a time or two and gotten along fine. I have pulled one back shoe to match the missing one and proceeded to win the rodeo on Chance but I'm not sure I would do it again knowing that he has one back foot that's prone to soreness.
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2014-08-21 10:40 PM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	Yeah... this is the deal... With the front feet.. Sometimes you can get away with just spreading the shoe and nailing it on... They have a round toe... The back feet are a whole other ball of wax... They have a pointed toe and straight quarters and a farrier has to actually SHAPE the shoe.... I lost a few front shoes... But never a back one... You have to be doing something REALLY wrong to lose 2 back shoes...
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Girls_Gotta_Jet Reg. May 2014	Posted 2014-08-22 11:02 AM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Extreme Veteran Posts: 507 Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa.	Run her, I've just got done running in our state show with only 3 shoes. Mare decided to throw the left front. Made a clean run on only 3 shoes. I'd still run her. Especially is she threw back shoes, heck a lot of people only run in fronts anyways.
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3turns Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-08-23 9:40 AM Subject: RE: Race tomorrow night but horse threw back shoes
Morale Booster!! Posts: 1459	That is how I run my mare. I shoe the fronts and the back are left without. I do not have any problems!!
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