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Location: My own little world :) | What do you all think about the razer shoes and the pro pads? Are they all they are cracked up to be? Where can you get them from etc... Are they worth it or are they just a new fad? Thanks :) |
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Location: Here | too much grab |
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Location: SE Louisiana | SG. - 2014-01-24 6:55 AM
too much grab
That's what I heard... Too much traction... causes injures.. |
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| Haven't used the pro-pads. Did use the shoes on my rodeo mare. She worked well in them. Run mostly hard crummy ground. |
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| I think the technology is interesting. However, these were made originally for the Pacers and Harness Racers, right? So they are designed for horses that need grab and go real hard in an extended trot with no sharp turns like barrel racing or mounted shooting or cow work etc ... Please someone pipe in here but I'm skeptical about them for use on sharp turns.
I've seen a horse in them this last summer, who is great in a standard rim shoe, that kept falling in them while mounted shooting (and yes his owner's SO is a fantastic farrier) ... the horse just couldn't get with them. This doesn't mean that they won't work but it sure builds on my personal skepticism about using them on my own horses. So I vote fad in the barrel industry. JMO. |
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| I've never used them but my farrier showed me a pair. I couldn't believe how flimsy they were and you could bend them around. Also they were very expensive and I think he said they won't hold up as long. Also if your horse kicks another it will really tear them up. I guess if I had a really good horse and they were in a pen all by themselves and I was somebody, I might try them out..otherwise too expensive for me. |
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Location: Texas | I know alot of people using them and some like them some don't. I think it depends on your horse. Some horses do well with that extra traction and others don't. Talk with Jolene Montgomery she has them on several horses and likes them on some and then not on others.
Not a shoe for everyone, no shoe is, but have been great for those that like them. I use them on my mare who is very ratey and I love them. I thought they would be too much for her hind but I liked the traction of the fronts. She's never felt better in her runs in my opinion.
I've had them on for a year, never lost one and been very happy. They last the same setting as my steel shoes (I get about 1 reset) I didn't think they felt flimsy at all, they are just light, like aluminum but not near as flimsy.
Propad I don't use, but from anyone that I've heard that does use it they love it. |
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Location: Cleveland, GA | I tried them on one of my horses and when she turned the first and they grabbed she took off around the arena like a mad woman.. im guessing it stung they grabbed so hard.. I had those suckers pulled, wont ever use them again.. I guess they work for some, but not for me
Edited by ngapeach 2014-01-24 10:04 AM
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Posts: 21185
Location: Where I am happiest | I havent used them, BUT, I know 2 different people who used them on 3 different horses. ALL 3 horses are crippled. |
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | I tried them on two. The one mare had to have surgery on her leg and it was directly attributable to her pulling one of those shoes off-she couldn't keep one on for more than a week and different feet all of the time.
I have been reprimanded by two well known vets for putting them on my horses. My farrier was trying them on his horses too and he pulled his off as well. And he talked directly with Razer on how to use them, put them on, etc.
Lesson learned-my horses aren't going to be testers for fads anymore. |
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Location: Kansas (but Great Lakes member since 1978) | Razor shoes were developed in Sweden over 14 years ago and used on all types of horses…. cross country, jumpers, race horses and such. They were first used in our country on the trotters and pacers but they are getting more and more popular on ropers, and such too. I've used them for over a year and love them…. my horses don't have too much grab with them but I mostly run on rodeo ground…. some quite hard and some sticky and so I've used them on everything. Your farrier has to put them on differently than regular shoes or they won't stay on… they flex and can be grabbed easily so you don't leave any shoe exposure. You also need to reset them about every four weeks in order to keep them fitting right. It's hard for good farriers to change their normal shoeing practice of giving room for expansion but they don't work that way…. you'll have fits trying to keep them on. I have used the pads also and they are also good with regular shoes if you need pads. They are not normal pads and give the proper pressure on the frog. I have reset these shoes up to three times with almost no wear on them…. they are a spring steel so the wear very well. Yes, they are expensive and yes they aren't for everyone but you can't judge them properly unless they are put on properly. I am not a sales person for them but just posting my experience with them on barrel horses and roping horses. My husband is our shoer (tons of experience) and he actually prefers to use them because they are easy to shape and put on. He always hot shoed before with Eventers over the past 10 years and several other types of shoes over the past 40 years.
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