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| I don't use them to heavy for my liking and my husband is my shoer and he hates shaping them up. All of mine are running in kings plate and I love them. I have several different style of horses and they all get around good in them. |
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Location: Kansas (but Great Lakes member since 1978) | Used them for years…. my husband is our shoer and he only "hot shoes" them. I have switched my barrel horses to Razer shoes and love them everywhere. The eveners are heavier and we like them better on a few of our horses though….perhaps because they are cheaper for the ones we don't use much and need shoes. We've been using the Razer shoes for over a year now and see much better hoof growth and less slipping on hard ground but not too much grab. If your shoer would hot shape the eveners he'd not hate them as much…. unless he already does and then it's just a preference and you can't blame anyone for having preferences.
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Location: Along the Caney River | I looked at the razor shoes, way to light made for my horse and the country we live in. We live in the rocky Osage hill of Northeastern OKlahoma. They are not for me. I love the eventers and have had good results with them. Not only do I run at rodeos but we use our horses on our ranch for work. |
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| I've always been taught that eventers are slicker than real rim shoes. Makes sense, as half the shoe is just a wide plate, and the 'rim' inside the toe is wider, thus not having as much aggressive grab. I shoe all the way around with rims. It's like the difference in running in cleats in dirt or tennis shoes on dirt. I want cleats so I can stand up. I personally feel that the damage inflicted by traction isn't as much as damage inflicted by sliding around would be. |
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I have used Eventers on my horses for a few years, I have never had any issues with them. My old shoer would put them on for me but he didn't carry them so I had to buy them which wasn't a big deal. We only put them on my horses that were running. I had to switch shoers last fall and my new guy uses eventers. All my horses will have eventers this year, it will be interesting to see if I have any problems. |
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| If you like the Eventers, but want a little more grab try the TFT's. They have a raised square edge.
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Location: louisburg, ks | Who makes the tft? |
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| boogie - 2014-01-15 7:45 PM Who makes the tft?
Tucumcari Farrier Technologies??? Or something like that. They are out of Tucumcari New Mexico. |
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| I used the aluminum eventer shoes on my mare's fronts. Love them! |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | SKM - 2014-01-15 7:30 PM
If you like the Eventers, but want a little more grab try the TFT's. They have a raised square edge.
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Do you use these on the hind only or all the way around? |
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Location: 'Hawk Country | classicpotatochip - 2014-01-15 4:03 PM I've always been taught that eventers are slicker than real rim shoes. Makes sense, as half the shoe is just a wide plate, and the 'rim' inside the toe is wider, thus not having as much aggressive grab. I shoe all the way around with rims. It's like the difference in running in cleats in dirt or tennis shoes on dirt. I want cleats so I can stand up. I personally feel that the damage inflicted by traction isn't as much as damage inflicted by sliding around would be.
This is what I've been told too. They are wider. More steel on the dirt. Steel on dirt is slicker than hoof on dirt.
That being said, I use them on front feet of my thin soled horse because they do cover more of the foot and offer more support.
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| mreklaw - 2014-01-16 7:46 AM SKM - 2014-01-15 7:30 PM If you like the Eventers, but want a little more grab try the TFT's. They have a raised square edge.
Do you use these on the hind only or all the way around?
I used them all the way around. |
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| I used to use a rim... it grabbed too much for my guy coming into the barrel, he would jam the hind end and get sore... He likes to be able to rock back on his hind end and slide a bit though, so I went to an eventer and really like them. He can rock back and slide on the ends of the shoe coming into the barrel, but has the grab of the rim coming out. I run on anything from hard to deep and soft ground. Hard ground he has to be a bit more careful on though as they do not have as much traction. |
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Location: In My Own Dream Land | SKM - 2014-01-16 6:15 AM boogie - 2014-01-15 7:45 PM Who makes the tft? Tucumcari Farrier Technologies??? Or something like that. They are out of Tucumcari New Mexico.
Anyway I can get a number or contact info? I need something less than rims but more than eventers. Sounds like this might work ok. Thank you |
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Location: Salem Ky | I use them, really like them alot. At first my farrier didn't know how he liked them. But now he gets more impressed with them as the time goes on. That mare is more of a butt dragger
I just put them on my new mare. I'll find out how well I like them on her. She is more 4 wheel drive. |
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| tThompson - 2014-01-18 6:34 PM
SKM - 2014-01-16 6:15 AM boogie - 2014-01-15 7:45 PM Who makes the tft? Tucumcari Farrier Technologies??? Or something like that. They are out of Tucumcari New Mexico.Â
Tucumcari Farrier Technologies Map
905 W Railroad Av
Tucumcari, New Mexico 88401
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | My gelding was in eventers on the front when I bought him. I can't help but think they contributed to his forging problem since they were heavier than the kegs on his back feet. He has a big overstep and is lazy, so has a tendency to forge if everything is not just right. |
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