Do you ever ride straight after shoeing?

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Just curious.
 
Yes. Assuming that it is just a regular shoeing, and my horse had not lost a shoe, been barefoot for a while and just been re-shod, or had any other issues.
 
Yes, on the rare occasions that I'm not my farrier's last call of the day (and therefore it's too dark). I suppose you wouldn't want to if the horse had had ACP (mine don't) but I can't see any other reason not to.
 
yes did today, I do always think that they are better for muddy work etc once they have bedded in a bit but have no proof of this!
 
If you have a wussey(sp) horse that is convinced having shoes banged on makes you have sore feet!
Ours is usually reluctant to work on the same day as he is a "sensitive" TB. No matter who the farrier is he always thinks he has been abused for the first 12 hours.
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He objects to being ridden the same day.
 
we are taught that after shoeing you should go for road ride/hack on hard surface to "bang" the shoe on and even the projetcion of the nails
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because if you go straight into the field after shoeing and ground is wet/muddy then there is increased likelyhood of them loosing the shoe
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lol at you lot, wondering if there is some big reason not to.
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I have a friend who doesn't. First person I have come across so thought I'd see what you all do.

Doesn't mean she isn't right though
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Personally I hate running in new shoes....
 
Goodness I think he would be very shocked if this happened.
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He is very "sensitive" (read pathetic) and needs at least a day to recover from the trauma
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When we were kids we used to hack to and from the forge!

"runs for cover - exposing my age!"

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Indeed, as recently as the mid-80s... I had to ride-and-lead two at a time across the common to the forge, so it meant taking a whole day off work!
 
No. We are still experimenting a bit with the angles of my horse's feet, so it wouldn't be fair to ride her in case farrier had taken off a smidgen too much heel for her liking. He once trimmed her completely normally and she was hopping lame the day after, for no reason at all. We concluded that my horse was over-sensitive to my farrier taking a normal amount of heel off. He's still finding his boundaries now
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I wouldn't ride a "normal" horse on the road in more than a walk after shoeing. I wouldn't mind doing a normal hack off-road though. I am absolutely paranoid about legs and feet.
 
No, always give it at least a couple of days. I have a TB who's got very sensitive tootsies, and he's always a bit footy for a couple of days. He's better now he's cold shod; when he was hot shod he was practically crippled for days. If he looses a shoe.............. well we just stand there looking helpless.
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lol at you lot, wondering if there is some big reason not to.
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I have a friend who doesn't. First person I have come across so thought I'd see what you all do.

Doesn't mean she isn't right though
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Personally I hate running in new shoes....

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Depends on the quality of the shoes and how well they fit
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or rather than run you could just walk and wear them in
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I'm sure I must have done. Probably gone hacking afterwards.

I usually ride while I'm waiting for him to turn up though, I can watch the driveway from the school
 
I also used to ride to and from the forge and it was quite a long way. Now am still quite happy to ride on the day they are shod, provided there is time.
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When I arrived at the yard today Chilli was being shod so I hacked my other ride whilst I waited then rode Chilli once he was done. I usually ride the same day that he's been shod & would only not do if he looked or felt a bit sore. He has bad TB feet but he's not sensitive about them.
 
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