Shoe studs - eventers/SJ please help

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Hi,

I need to know how many studs to put in each hoof because I'm planning on going to a few BS(JA) shows over the next couple of weeks where it usually gets slippy because the ground isn't great and I'm in the last few classes.

Anyway, I asked two local farriers for their advice, both agreed that I should put square studs behind and medium pointed jumping studs in front, but F1 said to put 2 studs per hoof in the "points" of the shoe (for stability and greater grip) but F2 said to but 1 stud per hoof on the outside (because 2 studs can cause the shoe to be pulled off, while one allows the horse to pivot around corners).

So basically I have no idea how many studs to use because the stability thing makes sense but I don't want to lose a shoe - help !

Thanks in advance :)

P.S. These farriers aren't exactly young so are quite opinionated from experience but might not know the modern school of thought on this.
 
Eventer I groom for puts one stud on the outside of each shoe. She says it is less strain on their legs and some other reason which I can't for the life of me remember!!!!!!!
 
I don't think there is a right or wrong certainly pros and cons to both ways. I personally use 2 studs in each shoe but unless ground soft use pointy ones behind and quite small pointy ones in front.
 
You are best off listening to F2 one stud in each shoe on the outside.

the pivot/turning thing is very relavant (you try turning your leg if you have 2 studs in your foot, it is next to impossible) it will only cause unecessary persures on the horses legs and can cause twisting of ligaments, joints etc which is not good.

The other reason not to put studs on the inside of the shoe is for injuries sake, if the horse were to slip, and catch itself with a stud in its foot it is more likely to do itself serious harm riping the leg apart etc (not a pretty sight!) than if it has only one in the outside of its hoof.

You should always also use the smallest stud possible so as to minimise injury and extra pressures.

Hope this helps
 
I use 1 on each corner, smaller in front than behind. The harder the ground, the pointy-er the studs I use and the softer the ground the bigger/blunter. Would never use big, round studs on very hard ground.

There are pros and cons to 1 vs 2 studs per shoe. I figure it puts less strain on her legs if she is turning on landing etc to only have the 1 stud in, plus we are only jumping 1m/1.10m, my farrier advised that for these heights 1 stud per foot was what he would recommend, so took that into account also. (plus it's only 4 holes to clean out instead of 8! ;) )

Would recommend Supastuds for ease of use and good range. Also their travel studs are fab so you can sort stud holes the night before and just unscrew them and swap other studs in when you get to show. :)
 
Personal choice tbh, I don't think either is right but I use one in each corner as my little pony can still cut her other foot behind like that so goodness knows what she'd be like with 2 :rolleyes:!
 
I think it depends how high you are planning on jumping and how bad the ground is. This summer i have used 1 in each foot on the outside but this shoeing i am going for 2 in each foot as i have a lot of grass competitions coming up and i want the best grip. If you watched the nations cup at Hickstead on TV all horse had 3 massive studs in each back foot and 2 in each front, they obviously don't think more studs effect turning ability?!
 
I am fairly new to studs and was advised to put 2 in because horse can rotate and twist it's leg with just one in. However it seems plenty of people use one without having this prob. I put two in for most recent ODE and my horse ended up knicking the inside of one of his coronets at a comp!! Will probably still stick with 2 but will wear overreach boots in future.
 
yeah quite, big jumping horses often have 3 a foot so i wouldnt worry about using 2, especially sporadically.

i would be hung drawn and quartered if i went to jump with only one in each foot (we use 2).
but i think at lower heights it probably doesnt make an awful lot of difference which you choose TBH
 
Thanks for all the replies!
I haven't really any experience with this because over the last 5 years or so I've been competing smaller ponies who just seem to cope, but now I'm doing 1.10m/1.20 JO classes on a 14.2hh (pony classes - quite fast :D), so I thought I had better and as he's only 5, I don't want him to lose confidence by slipping :(

@ jumptoit and hanky13 - yeah, I was worried about the injury thing too, but won't he feel unstable with only one side of his hoof studded?

I'm moving more towards 1 stud per hoof, so thanks for all the advice, and should I put smaller in front? And why is this? Thank you :D
 
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