Recent content by Runsamok

Thanks everyone. Pretty much confirmed what I was thinking :). There's enough grazing at the little yard, and the proximity to the comp venue outweighs any negatives, I think. Cheers :D. P.s. If it all goes through you may be seeing some comp reports from me soon!

I'm at a bit of a cross roads at the moment and was hoping for some opinions... I have two horses, a 10yo and a 5yo. The 5yo is ready to get out and start competing now. Transport is a problem though; they're both big horses, and I passed my test after 1997 so without taking a test and...

Ok, so Epics/Gloves may be better for durability. Hopefully they'll fit!

Thanks, peeps. midogrey, what kind of surfaces is your riding on mainly? If its roads then it sounds like they're pretty durable. From the website I thought they might only have about 500 miles in them, but hopefully not!

Can anyone tell me how long on average these last? I do about 30 miles a week on the roads, currently in walk mostly, but I need to increase the trot dramatically (to about 80% trot eventually), the horse's hooves won't cope with any more, so its boots or shoes. At £90 per boot they'd have to...

It boggles the mind what the vet thought a lame horse was fit for! Did the mare have thin soles?