natural balance shoes on competition horses

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Thank you so much for all the last posts. We have decided to put my horse in them and his feet look incredible and he seems really happy on them. I was just wondering people's thoughts with these shoes regarding eventing - my horse is at novice level and we are hoping to step up to intermediates.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
 
I have just read your old post and have been considering nb for my horse.His a tb so c***y hooves have always been a problem.He has recently had surgery for hock spavins and I couldnt make out why he was lame on his font leg in the school so kept backing off him thinking it was surgery.I had a prod round with his feet tonight and his frog is sore he has collapsed heels as well.I will speak to farrier wed when he is due for new set of shoes but was wondering if the nb have to be especially made in advance.Do you mind me asking if they cost the same I pay £60 for a set and do they last normal 6 weeks.Thanks
 
Bear1 - glad to hear you are happy with your first set of NB. I have had nothing else on my horses for the last 5 years and the improvement in their way of going is so marked I wouldn't go back to traditional. Properly applied, they should allow your horse to operate at its most efficient so competition-wise you may well see positive effects - I certainly did!

Cellie - NB shoes are carefully manufactured to produce a very precise product, rather than hand-made by the farrier. They cost no more to buy than traditional shoes so there is no reason why you should be charged any more for them, and yes, they are well up to six weeks work. A word of caution though - please, please, please make sure that you use a farrier that has been properly trained in NB techniques. Anyone can buy the shoes but if they are applied over a traditional trim you will not get the full benefit from them. Hope that helps.
 
Thanks for that I have left a message with my farrier hoping he will get back to me asap will ask the relevant questions as well.
 
Catembi was shod natural balance following an injury & I bsja'd him up to 1 m 15 & jumped in lessons up to 1 m 25 & also took him jump-cross schooling in them.

The only thing is, my farrier said I couldn't have stud holes cos there are no toe clips therefore the shoes would just shear off his feet. Therefore no more jumping on grass as I don't feel safe without studs all round.
 
I am quite surprised that your farrier said that catembi. My farrier does nothing but NB and has lots of clients who use studs, without problems as it is the fit of the shoe that keeps it in place not toe clips. He insists on two studs per shoe to keep the foot balanced and using the smallest stud possible, the rule of thumb being the harder the ground the smaller the stud.
 
Thank you so much for your thoughts. Our farrier was fairly expensive although he is meant to be pretty amazing at sorting feet - was £120 for a full set and stud holes, including fitting them.
The farrier we had put two stud holes in all round and mentioned nothing about them. I never use the biggest studs as I have been told in the past this can cause other problems.
Will let you know how we get on...hope to be eventing at the end of this month!!! Such a relief after the last 6 weeks of stress over feet!!
 
Thanks for advice he has nb shoes on will report back in a week .Need to get rid of some of the bruising on frog before I can pass judgement .Farrier said his soles were good very hard for tb must be the hoof supplements its just the problem with heels.He can have danilon as per vet and should be ok in 2 weeks.Then we can see if the hock surgery is the problem or if its his feet.See what you mean about trim they look really square.
 
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