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| My horse slips big and a lot. I've tried most combinations of shoes that you would think to work. It's just they way he turns. This is a hard running, hard turning 1D colt who is onthe verge of losing his confidence from all the slips and slides. I run now in rims. I want to try razer shoes but I need some HONEST opinions from people that have actually used them. Some questions I have, do they make the horsesore (any more than a rim), do they help them stand up around the turn where they would normally lose their back end slipping? How are they on slick ground, deep ground, (rodeo ground) what happens When they overreach or pull a shoe (I've heard it can read a foot up) Any details to help me make a decision would be much appreciated. Main thing is do they work and will my horse stay sound in them? Thank you! |
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| I can make a big replyif you want but hopefully others will agree with me on here (besides the dealers) that they are terrible. I've written this reply to many posts about this and unless you're looking to cripple your colt in turn of him slipping (except he'll still slip in them) and if you want to pay double what your yearly farrier bill is now, use them. AKA don't lol. |
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Veteran
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| Here is my experience. Works for some, not for others. My smaller horses , I generally like them on. Most ground I run in is not real deep. I really don't know that they have more grip than rims. Never had any get sore from them. You do need to be sure they are not shod with too big of shoe with them. I have had them catch a front, both times it happened, it was in deep mud. It bent, about like any shoe, had to be pulled, reshaped and put back on. I did have one that we reset, break off about an inch at the heel. This horse was way over due for a reset. Wasn't running it at the time, so let them go longer than should have. When I put them on a larger horse (15.3) stout guy. I did not feel he got the support he needed. His front feet started to get some cracks in the center of the toe. My conclusion, they are a good shoe for some horses. I am not in love with them anymore than other shoes. |
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Veteran
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| If you horse has thinner soles, this is a DONOT use shoe. My horse has great feet, grows like crazy(you must reset every 4 weeks) but the shoe covers so little of their feet. His feet were purple in places from walking across gravel parking lots. Made no difference in handling the ground and he had sore feet for weeks afterwards |
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Sock Snob
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| there are tons of better choices, tripping could be caused by lots of choics, could it be your farrie sometimes they will leave feet too long so if they grab a shoe they will have foot wall to nail to. maybe get a vet to give suggestions. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Has he been cleared by a vet?
Just wondering because when we treated mine for epm he was tripping on the hind end randomly.
How old? Is it possible he just needs to mature into his body a little more?
I guess if you've tried all shoe combinations aside from the razors I'd start to look at other possibilities than believing they'd be a miracle shoe and fix the issue. |
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 Transplant Okie
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Location: Always on call..... | Just curious but have you tried him barefoot? It makes sense that if he slips a lot you would think shoes would help that, but since they apparently aren't it just popped in my mind reading your post that maybe he would do well barefoot.
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Location: In my own little world | I agree it just depends on each horse. They were the best thing on one horse I had. My vet and I visited about them extensively. He was very powerful and constantly slipping in a rim shoe and was tearing his legs up from not holding the ground. The Razor really stabilized him and I had a lot less leg issues when using them. Much less torque on his legs with them. Another horse they made absolutely no difference on so there was no need to pay the extra expense. They can be hard for a farrier to work with if they do not know what they are doing with them because they don't shape and will spring back at you. Only caught one of them one time and it sprung just a little but nothing like a regular shoe ever has.
I think it is something you just have to try for yourself. You have to decide which is stressing the legs etc more, the bad slipping or a firmer grip. |
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Blessed 
 
Location: Here | There are better choices |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I've heard, so I have no experience, but I've heard that they tend to make horses more sore than rigid shoes due to the flex. |
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