Another poll barefoot vs shod

What do you do with yours?

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I am interested to see who does what with their shod/barefoot horses


Those who compete can it be afflilated BSJA, BE, BD, High level endurance on a reg basis please to avoid confusion and 'i compete once a year' ect

Those who hunt, fun ride, hack, and low level fun stuff can you be dont compete please

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Mine has a full set, hacks, does fun rides, schools etc. will hopefully be taking him to some shows in the summer, but he needs to be shod due to conformation he needs support on hinds. He's ridden 4-5x per week at the minute.

My friend has one with just fronts who does affiliated bsja weekly, she copes just fine with the two. Her gelding is unshod, no special diet just good strong feet and he hacks, does bsja, xc, dressage. Although she hasn't taken him to any shows in the last month, nothing to do with feet more because he's bone idle :rolleyes: he will continue to compete with no shoes tho, he just doesn't need them, so why bother putting them on?
 
I'm not affiliated currently but my young horse does go to lessons, clinics and comps regularily (fortnightly) with the aim of BS and BE next year, he is BF and will remain so.

A friend competes her two stallions at NC and Fox b/f.
 
mine have what they need if they dont need shoes i dont waste my money on them! out of 6 horses only 1 is shod and that is because of a past injury that she needs front shoes
 
Why does hunting come under not compete? x I went under compete barefoot because i do alot of showjumping and eventing but hunting is/can be just as hard on them as eventing? Jumping hedges with no set take off/landings, sharp corners, hill work, technicality and alot of road work in canter......am i being awkward?! haha, sorry, just wondered why hunting is under not competing - i know its not technically 'competing' but in terms of how it effects them if they are shod or not would be different to hacking! x Unless you go 'hunting' but potter about at the back like it is a hack? x
 
I compete dressage and have competed BE in the past. I now hunt, which I consider to be at least the equivalent of eventing, so I have voted barefoot and compete.

I fail to see why you exclude throwing a horse around the countryside for several hours jumping everything that gets in your way from "competing", so I have cheerfully ignored your request to describe my hunter as a hack :D

Does this not look like a competitive horse to you?

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lcharles said:
Why does hunting come under not compete? x I went under compete barefoot because i do alot of showjumping and eventing but hunting is/can be just as hard on them as eventing? Jumping hedges with no set take off/landings, sharp corners, hill work, technicality and alot of road work in canter......am i being awkward?! haha, sorry, just wondered why hunting is under not competing - i know its not technically 'competing' but in terms of how it effects them if they are shod or not would be different to hacking! x Unless you go 'hunting' but potter about at the back like it is a hack? x
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hunting isnt competative....

I wanted to avoid the 'I gallop over stubble fields and jump logs sometimes' going into competative :)
 
cptrayes said:
I compete dressage and have competed BE in the past. I now hunt, which I consider to be at least the equivalent of eventing, so I have voted barefoot and compete.

I fail to see why you exclude throwing a horse around the countryside for several hours jumping everything that gets in your way from "competing", so I have cheerfully ignored your request to describe my hunter as a hack :D

Does this not look like a competitive horse to you?

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I didnt call a hunter a hack, I just had to split into two groups and did it the same groups as we do at uni else id have to make a poll for every disapline.

He looks like a nice hunt horse to me, and hunting isnt competing. I am not saying btw he wouldnt compete. But as you hunt him he comes into that cat.
 
Im interested in this too as my boy is about to go barefoot and I've had a few people tell me I won't be able to do anything competitively once the shoes come off. As long as my boy comes sound then we will be aiming to BE and BS in the future.
 
Leg_end said:
Im interested in this too as my boy is about to go barefoot and I've had a few people tell me I won't be able to do anything competitively once the shoes come off. As long as my boy comes sound then we will be aiming to BE and BS in the future.
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There are a fair few people out there competing barefoot/unshod - you just don't know because they don't think it's an issue so don't really mention it. MY SJ instructor has horses out b/f up to Fox, and the girl I share my yard with has two out BS.

I didn't notice the difference when xc schooling on my boy, though my others never work backs anyway when previously out jumping etc...
 
badgermyers said:
hunting isnt competative....

I wanted to avoid the 'I gallop over stubble fields and jump logs sometimes' going into competative :)
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You don't know much about hunting, do you? :D Half our work is done on tarmac and on rubble stone farm tracks. We jump onto and from roads, and four hours of that is a damn sight harder on the feet than any BE event I ever did! Not to mention the miles of roadwork to keep them fit enough to do it in the first place!
 
cptrayes said:
You don't know much about hunting, do you? :D Half our work is done on tarmac and on rubble stone farm tracks. We jump onto and from roads, and four hours of that is a damn sight harder on the feet than any BE event I ever did! Not to mention the miles of roadwork to keep them fit enough to do it in the first place!
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I have hunted! So yes I do know! I know its work, but it isnt competing and thats what I am on about....
 
Scarlett said:
Why the specific focus on horses competeing? Just wondering what your trying to achieve by asking the question?
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I was interested as I dont see many high level horses competing barefoot. I always wondered why? It always seems to be hackers and NH that do barefoot. I wondered if there was something about competing that meant shoes are better? I know when I jump on grass studs are invalueable to my performance, BUT not many showjumping comps (bar some regionals and county shows) are on grass (affiliated level).
 
Right so it's only if you have the possibility of winning something that counts?

Nobody that hunts would consider once a week in a stubble field and on occasional log hunting. Need a lot fitter horse than SJ and Dressage and more daily work. Unless of course your in Olympic levels/GP/International levels. But ok.

I can't really comment due to just recently going bare with some. But I can tell you since Heidi is sounder and capable of more work than before going bare, I can't see me putting shoes on her again. I used to hate roadwork, now I love taking her on the road and feel so much safer. But really I'm in your useless category at the moment. All plans are to do affiliated SJ next year.

Terri
 
badgermyers said:
I have hunted! So yes I do know! I know its work, but it isnt competing and thats what I am on about....
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Please explain what relevance the "competing" has? You are not interested in finding out whether barefoot horses can do the work, only whether competitive people ride barefoot horses?

And please make your mind up. First you say you don't want hunting because you don't want people who have popped a log and cantered across a field of stubble in the competitive section. And now you say it's the rosette that counts, not the work.

I get more and more of an impression that you are immensely biased badgermyers, from this and your other threads.
 
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Equilibrium Ireland said:
Right so it's only if you have the possibility of winning something that counts?

Nobody that hunts would consider once a week in a stubble field and on occasional log hunting. Need a lot fitter horse than SJ and Dressage and more daily work. Unless of course your in Olympic levels/GP/International levels. But ok.

I can't really comment due to just recently going bare with some. But I can tell you since Heidi is sounder and capable of more work than before going bare, I can't see me putting shoes on her again. I used to hate roadwork, now I love taking her on the road and feel so much safer. But really I'm in your useless category at the moment. All plans are to do affiliated SJ next year.

Terri
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I wasnt comparing hunting to stubble field fun. I have hunted so I know the difference. I was saying with the stubble field comment that I made the groups the way I did to avoid people saying they did something once in a while ie jumping a jog or a show once in the summer as competing. That was the point in that.
 
cptrayes said:
Please explain what relevance the "competing" has? You are not interested in finding out whether barefoot horses can do the work, only whether competitive people ride barefoot horses?

And please make your mind up. First you say you don't want hunting because you don't want people who have popped a log and cantered across a field of stubble in the competitive section. And now you say it's the rosette that counts, not the work.

I get more and more of an impression that you are immensely biased badgermyers, from this and your other threads.
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Im not biased. I have two shod and one bare. I am doing a study to compare the two and so interested hence the post. I made the poll groups using the same guide as we use at uni as it was just easier and quicker. They only thing I have an opinion on is that I dont think all horses can work barefoot
 
badgermyers said:
Either what do you do when shod and then when barefoot? Why does he do both out of interest :)
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Mine has shoes in the Summer when he is a bit fatter/hacking more on the road & feet get worn down.

I had the farrier this morning horse was going to be shod, he said I shouldn't - horses feet were in fantastic condition so no shoes now. I suspect he will stay barefoot till the Spring. He is going to jump - affiliated all being well, this Winter, on surfaces so no need for shoes. he will hack a reasonable amount.
 
siennamum said:
Mine has shoes in the Summer when he is a bit fatter/hacking more on the road & feet get worn down.

I had the farrier this morning horse was going to be shod, he said I shouldn't - horses feet were in fantastic condition so no shoes now. I suspect he will stay barefoot till the Spring. He is going to jump - affiliated all being well, this Winter, on surfaces so no need for shoes. he will hack a reasonable amount.
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That sounds fair - thank you :)
 
Well I had one horse that I wouldnt have dared taken xc without studs in. He was very clumsy and needed the reassurance that he had the studs in. He was a nightmare without studs. I would never, ever have dared risk trying him xc without shoes/studs on.

One of my other, was very sure footed, and didnt need studs at all (up to 3ft xc). I would have been happy doing xc with him without shoes, if this is the way I had gone with him.
 
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