So you're out on a hack and horse throws a shoe...

lionman said:
I would get off the horse and carry it back, in my arms. For goodness sake what has happened to the world! Horses used to pull shoes off hunting in the plough, we would carry on or hack back to the box. No issue, their feet are not made of soap. Get a grip all of you!:eek:
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LOLOLOL, love a good outburst! :p

I'm hardly a pansy -- I know feet aren't made of soap. More like medium soft cheese....

I kind of didn't need justification on how I choose to look after my horse, but do wonder what OTHER people do with their horses. And as mine isn't a big burly hunting type I certainly DO find it necessary to not walk him across stones with my extra weight on board. Now if it was my welsh cob...that'd be a different story. :rolleyes: However, my twinkle toes boy certainly needs a bit of TLC.
 
PucciNPoni said:
LOLOLOL, love a good outburst! :p

I'm hardly a pansy -- I know feet aren't made of soap. More like medium soft cheese....

I kind of didn't need justification on how I choose to look after my horse, but do wonder what OTHER people do with their horses. And as mine isn't a big burly hunting type I certainly DO find it necessary to not walk him across stones with my extra weight on board. Now if it was my welsh cob...that'd be a different story. :rolleyes: However, my twinkle toes boy certainly needs a bit of TLC.
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Lol! Thank you for taking my outburst in the spirit it was intended!
 
Depends on horse and circs. If good lead and/or I think hoof may have been badly damaged then possibly I'd lead. But, generally, I'd ride as with most of the horses I ride on roads I'm safe enough on top and they are safer.

Shoe loose/any danger from nails = def mismount.
 
unfortunately with my horse i would have to stay on board and risk him getting an abscess/bruising but being a TB probably the first!! Mainly because he is unsafe if being led on the road as he looses his head if spooked and your not ontop of him!! However if his shoe was hanging off and not actually come off completely then im not sure it would depend where i was as to if i risked walking or rang the yard for a trailer to be bought over!
 
I have lost shoes on endurance rides and not even noticed till back on the road!!! prob lost it a few miles back. LOL.
 
fizzer said:
I have lost shoes on endurance rides and not even noticed till back on the road!!! prob lost it a few miles back. LOL.
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Same here, last time mine threw a show, she literally threw it at the person behind us, we were gallopping up the hill, heard the person behind make a noise, checked behind, she was still on and not having any trouble (thought she had swallowed a fly or something), got to the top of the hill and she told me she'd had to duck to avoid the show flying straight at her, my horse had continued to gallop with no shortness or footiness (is that even a word?), needless to say i did ride back home, but it was smoot tarmac roads, no gravel.
 
My lovely farrier arrived this morning to replace the shoe (a week early and just back off his hols, bless him, but a bribery of cake works wonders...I digress....). I asked him whether or not on my horse it'd be best to walk or ride him back. He said it'd not make a whole lot of difference -- but on my horse it's his dodgy foot, it made ME feel better to not ride him home more than I had to. :rolleyes:
 
PucciNPoni said:
Funny that - that was my thought as I was contemplating walking on the road - that if I did, I'd put him on the hedge side and I'd take the road (easier to control the quarters from swinging out to traffic this way, I suppose). I'd walk the dogs the same way though.
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That's what you're meant to do for exactly that reason

I'd get off and lead - i have barefoot horses and hoof boots now to get out of that problem.
 
Get off and walk back if I was only a mile - someything I have also had to do before. If it was going to be much longer than that I would probably phone for a rescue horsebox (ie mum or dad!) :)
 
I'd have to get off, call the horse ambulance and watch whilst my horse lay down in the road most likely.

He has the most god awful feet, they are like soap, and he lost a shoe in the feild the other week, obviously he was left until it could be replaced (4 days), he litterally had a stump left. My farrier has shod him for his whole life (from 3-14), and says he has the worst feet out.

In all reality, I'd have to get off as he wouldn't walk with me on him, I'd probably have to make some sort of bandage out of an item of clothing to tie around his foot to get him home. Walk very slowly on the verge too, when we got home he'd still have a stump.

Just hope it never happens to be fair. Crisis.
 
Well it happened to me on the return leg of a 20 mile ride. Was a fair bit away from home but middle of nowhere and had no transport to get back. Horse lost a front shoe it was a farrier issue and was angry about it as horse was not the sort to lose shoes. Horse had lost the other front around a week before. Replaced by a different farrier and that one stayed put, however the one from original came off, changed farrier afterwards.
Checked the foot over for damage and remaining nails and trotted horse up and was sound. So got back on and rode back. Sticking to soft ground where possible. Kept trotting to a bare minimum but still had to get back due to it being winter and losing light.
The ride took longer than it should have and was in saddle for nearly 6 hours all told in the end.
Gave horse a thorough hosing down afterwards of legs and feet and applied a cooler gel to both fronts. Checked horse over and was fine, in fact when he was near the yard he picked up speed. Horse was sound following day and was absolutely fine.
Horse had a new front put on afterwards and was fine. Has only threw a shoe one more time since then when having a mad time in a field. Has been barefoot for over twelve months now but prior to that has been shod. So in 4 years has only lost 3 shoes, not an habitual shoe thrower. I put the lost shoe on the ride down to how he was shod and not the ride as he has been out on hacks and gallops since with no problems.
 
IF I was in this position, I would pick up the shoe, dismount and lead my beast home.

I was out with a friend on a beach ride, as we were coming to end of beach a family had made a bizarre thing and ponies took one look at it and mine spou and legged it up the beach.
I dropped my friend off half a mile away and carried on another mile to the bottom of yards road. I dismounted to find a front show off and a huge chunk of hoof ripped off. Pony had been jogging home, totally sound and not uneven :eek I got her home and went back and found shoe.
She'd ripped it off, when she spun!!
 
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