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Location: Keeping up with the numbers! | Has anyone made a run missing a shoe (horse) before? My friend's horse threw a front shoe and her farrier can not make it out before tomorrows race. I have never had this happen before. Is there risk of injury? |
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 Maine-iac
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I did it before with my farrier's permission. Never again, my horse took a big chunk out of his foot which took 8 months to start looking normal. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I would suggest duct taping the hoof missing the shoe just so it doesn't get torn up, but I'd probably make the run. |
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 A very grounded girl
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Location: Moving soon..... | If my gelding looses a shoe, I don't go anywhere. I have known people who will wrap duck tape around the bottom half of the foot to help prevent it from breaking off. I just prefer to not run if that happens.
Edited by Karol 2015-01-23 1:02 PM
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| I wouldn't however you could pull the other front shoe and run barefoot, but if the horse is used to being shod it may not run quite right without shoes. |
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Location: Keeping up with the numbers! | Thank you everyone for your replies!!! |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Depends on the run being made. If it was to make it into a finals they depended on the average then yes if it didn't then I wouldn't chance it |
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| My mare lost her left front shoe the night before a race. We went and her left front slipped out from underneath her and we both fell over around our first barrel. I wouldn't do it again. Lesson learned. Luckily we were both ok. |
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Look at where you'll be tying your horse at and where you have to walk to get to the warm up pen and arena. If you have to walk across a lot of gravel I would say the chance is very good your horse will get too sore to run if you have to cross the gravel much. |
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Expert
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Location: west of East Texas | I have one horse that must prefer to run with only three shoes. She likes to lose hers during the night before a race. Or the week after she's had her feet done. I just keep her off the rocks or pavement from the trailer to the arena. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I would not. The horse will be off balance and duct tape, hoof boots, etc. wouldn't provide the traction and stability your horse needs. |
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| You could ask if there is someone there that can put it back on for you
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Location: Keeping up with the numbers! | OK...new scenario...friend said she made a mistake it is the back shoe not front. Does this make a difference? |
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 The Worst Seller Ever
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Location: Oklahoma | Big difference.
Pull the other one and run. :) |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Yep pull the other and run or sit the race out. Horse's can't get grip with duct tape on their feet and 1 shoes off is enough to unbalance him. |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Pull the other shoe and rock and roll. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | classicpotatochip - 2015-01-23 4:08 PM Pull the other shoe and rock and roll.
Yes, this. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I would pull the other shoe or stay home. |
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Sock Snob
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| A lot would depend od ground too. If it is a real sandy arena, i will. I went one weekend a couple years ago untill it get hot around here i was just using frony shoes on my horses. I also have a good farrier and both my horses lost one shoe nobody cout put on on. I used to be able to do a nail once in a while and i always keep one shoe for front feet in my trailer. The arena was sandy and but they a stone parking lot. But we had a great sandy warm up area. I lead them across parking lot got on the in warm up pen and ran them. My little black mare had thinner soles and had to,keep her shod. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| My ex who is a shoer would get PO'd when girls pulled the other shoe. He said there was no need for it and then he would have to fix 2 shoes. But that was him, you might see what your shoer would say. |
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