Stud Holes..........

[Heidi1]

How many do you have in the back shoes.............

Thankies.

 

[KatB]

2 in the back, one in front

 

[Bossanova]

Unless the ground is very slippy I use 2 in front, 1 in the back

 

[MillbrookSong]

I more oftern than not 2 all round

 

[Joss]

2 all round for Intermediate horse
1 all round for Intro horse

 

[Sneedy]

1 in each shoe for me but that's only because my horse is horrifically close behind and would injure himself with 2 holes in each!

 

[kerilli]

2 in front, 1 in the back, always.
reasons: front feet need perfect lateral balance, they take the brunt of the landing forces over a fence etc. front tendons are the most easily injured part of eventers in my bitter and extensive experience, anything i can do to lessen the chances of this i'll do. having 1 stud in front makes the foot land at an angle on hard ground.
for hinds, a lot of horses slightly twist the foot as it leaves the floor on every step (watch from behind in walk and trot) and i think 2 hind studs creates huge shearing forces on the fetlock joint, whereas 1 stud only anchors the foot in 1 place so can be used as a simple pivot, won't prevent this twist at all.
as you can guess, i've thought long and hard about this and interrogated a LOT of farriers!

 

[Heidi1]

Thank you for that, I don't really want to stud this horse infront, as she does suffer with her front feet, but I thought studding her hind would help her. And everything you have said makes sense, going to talk to my farrier and see what he has to say. Thank you...

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

2 studs each foot.

 

[KatB]

TBH the most important thing however you stud is to make sure you stud according to ground conditions..... I never use studs infront on good-firm going and will only use one behind on harder going.... and the size of studs is very important too IMO

 

[H-J]

Dexter (doing Novice BE) has 2 in the front, one in the outside of each hind.

Dougal (intro) has one in each

 

[lucym]

i use 2 in front- normally flat road type studs
and 1 behind

 

[stencilface]

Just one in the back for me, never go fast enough to need ones in the front imo

 

[kizzywiz]

I use 2 in front because of the lateral balance thing mentioned earlier, & none behind because she isn't shod behind. Works really well for us, though don't think its in any manual anywhere.

 

[lucemoose]

If I stud in front I use 2, and when I stud behind, again 2 after a long discussion with the farrier guru. If am dressaging then will just use 1 in the hinds.
I dont really like to stud in front though

 

[dingle12]

2 in each all round