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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | Thinking about using them on hind feet. Has anyone had soreness issues from this? I use regular rims on front now with plain steel on back. Colt is having trouble with ground, basically slipping coming out of the turn. If you use the Eventer shoes what type of ground do you normally run in? Thanks. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I would be curious as to responses about this too. My vet recommended Eventing shoes for my boy. |
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| I have used Eventer shoes on the back for horses that need more support of the hoof. They are quite wide and cover much more of the foot. I would not recommend them for a horse needing more traction. In fact I found them to be somewhat slick because they are so wide. |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | summers - 2014-01-13 1:18 PM
I have used Eventer shoes on the back for horses that need more support of the hoof. They are quite wide and cover much more of the foot. I would not recommend them for a horse needing more traction. In fact I found them to be somewhat slick because they are so wide.
Hmmmm. From what Ive heard the toes are rolled and do have a rim except for the very back of the shoe. I was told they do give a little more traction without the issues of a regular rim shoe. What kind of ground do you run on mostly? |
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| We usually run on sand and they were ok to use. If on a hard racetrack arena it could get scary. Almost like ice skates. |
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Location: New Mexico | I use Eventers on all four never had a problem, my farrier shoes natural balance. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I agree with Summers, I had a novice colt last year I tried several different shoes. The Eventers where not right for him. I've not run him enough in the Elite's to give an opinion. They are slimmer in the heel. In practice on slick clay he stood up fine. At the Elite race he seemed to handle the ground ok. I'll have more of an opinion after the winter run here in TX.
Oops! I have Triumphs on the rear not elites. Sorry, they are steel and much lighter than the eventers. My horse wears a 2 on the hind. He works hard with his hindquarters on 2 and 3. In the eventers he was jumping up out of the finish on the backside. I will give the triumph a chance till early spring at least. I run alum. Up front. I hope we've helped you some. Truthfully, each horse is their own individual and you have to have a shoer that can treat them that way.
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Location: Along the Caney River | I started using the eventers on the back of my horse to help get traction. He is big 16.1 1/2 hands and heavy made. He would slide in the back end when trying to leave the turn. The eventers have been great. I run on rodeo ground... hard, deep, sand, hard pan,,,, you name it. As far as the shoe being really wide mine are not! The have what I call a half rim on the toe and the last 1 inch or so towards the heal is slick. They are not extra wides! I use lite rims on the front. Since using the eventer my horse has not had as much body soreness as before and his is turning better. My horse gets on his but to turn and now stays down coming out of the turn where before he would stand up to soon leaving the barrel which caused him to loose time. I would recommend the eventer on the hind. |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | barrelsnropes - 2014-01-13 3:57 PM
I started using the eventers on the back of my horse to help get traction. He is big 16.1 1/2 hands and heavy made. He would slide in the back end when trying to leave the turn. The eventers have been great. I run on rodeo ground... hard, deep, sand, hard pan,,,, you name it. As far as the shoe being really wide mine are not! The have what I call a half rim on the toe and the last 1 inch or so towards the heal is slick. They are not extra wides! I use lite rims on the front. Since using the eventer my horse has not had as much body soreness as before and his is turning better. My horse gets on his but to turn and now stays down coming out of the turn where before he would stand up to soon leaving the barrel which caused him to loose time. I would recommend the eventer on the hind.
Sounds exactly like my colt. He is big also 16.1. He gets really low going into the turn and on back side his rear keeps slipping. Almost fell this weekend. Even if I lope he turns so hard he will still slip in his rear end. The ones I was looking at are not the wide ones either. I was also going to leave the regular rims on front. Thanks for the replies. |
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| Be carefull as,they do have more traction and can cause more tork on your hocks stifles, especially for butt dragging type horses. It can make them sore. I dont run on rodeo ground. |
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Location: NW MT | Are you talking about the shoes that are called Eventers OR types of shoes that eventers usually use? |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | Rockyroad - 2014-01-13 8:38 PM
 Are you talking about the shoes that are called Eventers OR types of shoes that eventers usually use?
Shoes that are called EVENTERS. |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | daisycake123 - 2014-01-13 8:25 PM
Be carefull as,they do have more traction and can cause more tork on your hocks stifles, especially for butt dragging type horses. It can make them sore. I dont run on rodeo ground.
That's kind of what Im worried about. He drops really low but doesn't drag his butt so to speak. He loses/slips in the rear end when leaving the barrel. Which has to be hard on the stifles and hocks also. I feel like i'm between a rock and a hard place. |
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Location: Mi | I used eventers for quite a few years on my mare. I run a lot of rodeos (which up here where I'm at are usually hard, trashy ground) and also some jackpots which the ground is usually pretty good at. I started having problems with summer with her, she was firing a lot harder then what she had been in the rodeo pens the eventers would not hold her at all. The jackpot pens, she could stand up, but wasn't running like she had, you could feel her skating (the best way I can describe it) around, not falling but definitly not able to really go anywehre. I did a lot of talking, and investigating and ended up going with the level grips and had wonderful luck with then so far. |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | Ahmac - 2014-01-14 12:06 PM
I used eventers for quite a few years on my mare. I run a lot of rodeos (which up here where I'm at are usually hard, trashy ground) and also some jackpots which the ground is usually pretty good at. I started having problems with summer with her, she was firing a lot harder then what she had been in the rodeo pens the eventers would not hold her at all. The jackpot pens, she could stand up, but wasn't running like she had, you could feel her skating (the best way I can describe it) around, not falling but definitly not able to really go anywehre.  I did a lot of talking, and investigating and ended up going with the level grips and had wonderful luck with then so far. Â
What kind of style turning does your mare have? Does she really drag her butt? Since I have gotten answers from both ends of the spectrum Im wondering if the individual turning style is going to make that much of a difference. Im just scared to go with the regular rims on the rear because that might be too much traction. I mostly just run at jackpots so the ground is usually good.
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Location: Along the Caney River | I posted earlier about the eventer shoes. I ride a horse that drags his but and I have not had hock or stifle problems. In fact I have had less soreness than before. I would not put a rim on the back because it is too much traction and will sore them up. |
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Location: Centerburg, OH | yes. For years and years. Love them. They are much more forgiving than rims. |
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Location: Alberta | I've use them for last couple years, work for my horse,.... |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Rockyroad - 2014-01-13 8:38 PM
 Are you talking about the shoes that are called Eventers OR types of shoes that eventers usually use?
I was wondering the same thing. While in farrier school the owner shod an eventer and the shoes he made had threaded holes to insert the style of caulks needed for the event. |
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Location: Mi | mreklaw - 2014-01-14 2:37 PM Ahmac - 2014-01-14 12:06 PM I used eventers for quite a few years on my mare. I run a lot of rodeos (which up here where I'm at are usually hard, trashy ground) and also some jackpots which the ground is usually pretty good at. I started having problems with summer with her, she was firing a lot harder then what she had been in the rodeo pens the eventers would not hold her at all. The jackpot pens, she could stand up, but wasn't running like she had, you could feel her skating (the best way I can describe it) around, not falling but definitly not able to really go anywehre. I did a lot of talking, and investigating and ended up going with the level grips and had wonderful luck with then so far. What kind of style turning does your mare have? Does she really drag her butt? Since I have gotten answers from both ends of the spectrum Im wondering if the individual turning style is going to make that much of a difference. Im just scared to go with the regular rims on the rear because that might be too much traction. I mostly just run at jackpots so the ground is usually good.
Shes more the 4 wheel drive kind, uses her back end a little more then her front end, but doesn't drag her butt around a barrel either. If you're just running at jackpots with good ground you wil probably be fine with them. |
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