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| I like my steel rims on the front, but I cant decide what my horses work better for the hinds.
I have had my butt dragging gelding in rims for the past few years but my farrier suggested we try him in some plains for the hinds to give him a lil more give when he goes to sit down and turn.
And my front endy guy ive never had hinds on him but to try him in rims all around to help him get out of the barrel, he can get a lil hung up sometimes.
I'd love to hear what you guys use and what style of horses they are used one! |
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Location: Here | If your shoer knows barrel horses and has watched your horse run, he will probably be your best source for changing. If it doesn't work you can keep trying. types of shoes can be frustrating |
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| I changed from rims to plates on the hind and my horse went a lot longer before needing hocks and or stifles injected. Now he is barefoot all around and doing really well.
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Location: Benton City, WA | I think it really depends on your horse, and their style.
I have a mare that HAS to be in traction shoes behind...she gets on her butt but also really drives around the barrel 4WD style and she will slip and lose traction without rims, because she pushes off so hard.
I always hear the same argument about "yeah but if you put them in rims behind, the traction hurts their hocks"- well guess what I think falling down and slipping all the time hurts them more! This mare tore a muscle in her inner thigh from slipping while going around a barrel.
But I will be the first to say, I don't think ALL horses need rims. It also depends on what type of ground you are running in.
Charmayne James talks about this alot in her book. She thinks keeping Scamper in shoes with good traction is part of what helped him have such a long rodeo career. |
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Location: WNY | Another factor to consider is the type of ground you are running in. up here we run in mud 80% of the time. you can also do a lot with the difference between rim, light rim, and ultralight rim. I have also had good luck with eventers on the back. they still have the rim but they are a wider web so they don't grab quite as much IMO. My gelding with hock discomfort always did better in these on the hind. rims were too much stick (he would "ho stop") and plains he couldn't get going again out of a barrel. basically, its trial and error. takes notes when you change it because if you change too much at once on multiple different horses it gets hard to keep track of. at least in my experience lol. give it a little time too. I know people that will change the type of shoe every set and the horse has to keep adjusting to it.
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Edited by luckyrunner 2014-02-11 1:30 PM
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Location: Where I am happiest | We went to no shoes on the hind and they are doing better then ever. God has done a few things right. We have no soundness issues, no slipping, and no over grabbing from to much traction, and no over reaching injuring the front. We shoe the front, but leave the hind barefoot. |
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| I have wedges on my mare's fronts since her feet were neglected until she was 4 (9 now) and they still haven't gotten to the point of being able to take them off, her toes grow super fast, but barely any heel on her, with regular aluminums on the back feet. |
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Location: TN | skeewk - 2014-02-11 10:25 AM I changed from rims to plates on the hind and my horse went a lot longer before needing hocks and or stifles injected. Now he is barefoot all around and doing really well.
My boyfriend is a farrier and he's not a big fan of rims because they don't give as much and the grabbing action can be harder on their legs. |
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| I put rims on the front and leave the hinds barefoot also, this seems to work good for me too. |
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