Barefoot a year in......

Aarrghimpossiblepony said:
Going back to the OP.

Here on the New Forest the ponies avoid the stony tracks. Now they are all barefoot, their feet are probably about as tough as you are going to get in the UK because this is a relatively dry area. But still if you watch, they try and avoid the stones, hence every track has numerous paths along the side on the earth.
Roads no problem.

I think you have the answer, because of your lack of time, the horse probably isn't getting enough time on hard surfaces. I would think the first port of call would be to just try and increase the time on roads. And really check for thrush, keep on top of it. It's surprising how sore it can make them and I don't think that's realised enough because shoes tend to cover the problem.
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Thanks!

Will try make the effort to hack out on Tarmac more!
 
Frank will also choose the grassy edges of our stoniest forest tracks - and will also trot on very hard tracks conservatively (I also don't think he is quite as good as he was in the summer as he is mostly only getting hacked at weekends atm so not enough time on the surfaces).

JFTD, I think that's where the forum issues come in, it's hard to judge without seeing the horse in question - which I said 'isn't comfortable' rather than 'uncomfortable' as I think they might be slightly different, in my head at least - along the lines of uncomfortable being more sore than the former! if that makes sense.
 
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