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Location: PICAYUNE,MS | Does anyone like them ????? |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
 
Location: Midwest | I'm curious too
they look to have a LOT of grab.. |
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Location: Durango CO | There was a long thread about them not long ago. You can find a few of them in the archives. |
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 Hummer's Hero
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | I asked my vet and farrier about them last week when they were at my house at the same time...neither are a fan. My farrier said they are junk, and my both said they will do more damage than good. I liked the concept based on the promo video, but I crossed them off my list after talking to them. |
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I AM being nice
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Location: MD | I have used them on two different horses. The one mare, they are great on up front, but way too much grab behind. The other mare did really well in them. I definitely think that there is merit to them, but it has to be the right horse. I've certainly heard some horro stories. |
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 Best of the Badlands
Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Tried them on 3 different horses. One ended up with heel pain after only having them on for a couple of days. Changed shoes back and she was 100% sound again.
The other mare didn't get any heel pain but we couldn't keep them on her.
We had them on my husband's shooting horse because the ground tends to be horrible at those, and he also kept ripping them off.
We will never use them on anything again. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I think S&T had one mare that did well in them and another who kept having issue keeping them on and then ended up having to have some stuff done to a tendon and they think it might have been from the Razor shoes. You might PM her. |
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| used them all year on my barrel horse (front and back) and had absolutely no problems. They have to be fit tight to the foot. Nothing hanging out. They have less grab than a sidewinder that a lot of people use. Most farriers are afraid of them because it is something different so of course they aren't going to like them. I couldn't keep sidewinders on my horse. They were always getting sprung. |
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Location: Canada | My farrier advised against them. So I decided not to go with them. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | I am not going to try them. I will either run my horses barefoot, or in the shoes they have always worn. If your farrier shoes your horse correctly, you will get heel expansion and some mobility. I personally, don't want a shoe on my horse that allows for that much movement. I could see hoof wall getting ripped off big time.
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | bmchicky - 2014-02-07 9:04 AM used them all year on my barrel horse (front and back) and had absolutely no problems. They have to be fit tight to the foot. Nothing hanging out. They have less grab than a sidewinder that a lot of people use. Most farriers are afraid of them because it is something different so of course they aren't going to like them. I couldn't keep sidewinders on my horse. They were always getting sprung.
I agree with all you said.
I used them for 6 months or more and liked them. I like the theory.
Most farriers are now not in the mid set to short shoe them per this concept so many have trouble with horses pulling them.
I also have seen horses that have other underlaying issues then be revealed due to the lack of protection a traditional shoe offers.
IMO they are meant for GOOD FOOTED horses or horses that are used to being barefoot and maybe want a little more traction. The hind shoes have slide. I didnt have any issues at all.
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Location: California | Well, I have a good report. I have a horse that I had tried everything on...throughout 6 years. I had given up. I tried the razer shoes with the pro-pads and he had never been sounder. He used to pull every shoe off his front feet after every run. We tried glue on shoes and they worked but not as good as these razers. Happy with them at least for this particular horse. |
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Best of the Badlands
Location: You never know where I will show up...... | TurnLane - 2014-02-07 11:37 AM I agree with all you said.
I used them for 6 months or more and liked them. I like the theory.
Most farriers are now not in the mid set to short shoe them per this concept so many have trouble with horses pulling them.
I also have seen horses that have other underlaying issues then be revealed due to the lack of protection a traditional shoe offers.
IMO they are meant for GOOD FOOTED horses or horses that are used to being barefoot and maybe want a little more traction. The hind shoes have slide. I didnt have any issues at all.
The 3 we used them on are all good footed. In our case we weren't using them for hoof support or protection, we were hoping it would improve traction on some of these hard turning, big horses. In all honesty, it didn't. They are all back to barefoot.
I did have to put GF back in the Kerkhearts for a few weeks immediately after the Razer's until her heel pain was gone but she was back to barefoot after that.
I have heard really GOOD things about the Razer ProPads though! Haven't had a need to try them though.
I have several boxes of unused Razer shoes (3 different sizes) if anyone needs any.
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Pork Fat is my Favorite
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | rockinas - 2014-02-07 12:54 PM TurnLane - 2014-02-07 11:37 AM I agree with all you said.
I used them for 6 months or more and liked them. I like the theory.
Most farriers are now not in the mid set to short shoe them per this concept so many have trouble with horses pulling them.
I also have seen horses that have other underlaying issues then be revealed due to the lack of protection a traditional shoe offers.
IMO they are meant for GOOD FOOTED horses or horses that are used to being barefoot and maybe want a little more traction. The hind shoes have slide. I didnt have any issues at all.
The 3 we used them on are all good footed. In our case we weren't using them for hoof support or protection, we were hoping it would improve traction on some of these hard turning, big horses. In all honesty, it didn't. They are all back to barefoot.
I did have to put GF back in the Kerkhearts for a few weeks immediately after the Razer's until her heel pain was gone but she was back to barefoot after that.
I have heard really GOOD things about the Razer ProPads though! Haven't had a need to try them though.
I have several boxes of unused Razer shoes (3 different sizes) if anyone needs any.
Well that leads to another thing I really liked about them is the weight- or lack there of... so they should be very cheap to ship should you in fact sell them.  |
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