Studs! Advice please!

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You lot always give great advice & I'm going to sound really novicey... But after 22 years riding & 15 years competing I've never used Studs!

My RC mare couldn't have them on the Farriers advice - rubbish TB feet! My KWPN needs them as we are competing at a higher level!

So I've got the stud guard girth (wow they are pricey), farrier is coming Wed to add holes & now I need to buy studs / tools.

What do you think of kits?!
http://www.rideaway.co.uk/liveryman-stud-kit/default.aspx
http://www.rideaway.co.uk/kincade-stud-kit-in-a-box/default.aspx

I like the variety of the liveryman kit but don't I need 8 of each type?! It doesn't seem to have as many tools though?!
Or is it cheaper to buy my own box & the items seperately?!

Oh & we are SJ & occasional dressage. BSJA c.1m. Next comps are on longish grass with hard ground beneath!

Is there any care advice or tips on putting them in?!

Thanks & happy Easter!!!
 
I have always found that the kits contain studs you never use and then you loose one of the useful ones and find you can't buy a matching one! I have made up my own kit of suitable studs and useful tools all kept in an old supplement tub! I personally use supastuds, I find them brilliant, hardwearing and you can buy as many as you want and replace lost studs singularly.
http://www.supastuds.com/
 
Almost everyone I know says go with Supastuds. They are pricey but fantastic. When I say pricey I mean more compared to other types, they're £2 each I think. You don't have to tap them etc. I only started using studs last year and have used supastuds from the start and think they are great!!

You will also probably come accross the one stud or two in each foot debate. It seems most people have a preference and neither way is better than the other. Though I was told that with one stud there is a chance of the foot twisting and injury resulting, so I go with two in each foot front and back.

Also, my horse nicked himself the first time I used studs on the inside of his coronet. So since then I always wear overreach boots to prevent it happening again. One day we came back with a tear/hole in one of the over reach boots, so it looks like it was a good investment.
 
Thanks! I'll look them up now.
Overreach boots will be dug out the kit box too.

Sorry more dumb questions... I don't need a tap with these?! What do I need?!
& the 'useful' ones... Where do I start?! Is there a GP for jumping?! Or should I be going pointy for this hard ground?!
Thanks
 
When I first started eventing I bought one of those flashy little kits, it's still unopened on the lorry!!!. I've got a B&Q toolkit with a 12mm spanner, tap and probe, and a selection of short (pointy) for hard, medium and long, depending on going. Always have plenty so losing one (out XC or dropping on ground when trying to put in) isn't a problem. I use 2 studs/shoe, with blunts on the inside. You need to look at your horses action. Some twist their feet in trot/canter and these are apparently better with 1 stud. If they have a straight action go for 2
 
Old G!
Thanks! I have just read the advice page on the supastuds website. Definitely going to go for 2 per shoe... My lad moves pretty straight & to me the twisting injury possible from 1 sounds worse that cutting from 2!!
So would you go for a conical outside & a dome inside on hard ground?! I'm thinking of him starting with either small or medium conicals?! Just don't know whether to use the same all round?! He is 16.2 & weighs about 520kg.
Thanks guys!!
 
My advice would be always use the smallest studs you can.

Personally I rarely use front ones, I worry that on firmer ground they will jar their front legs.

A word of caution re the Supastuds, unless you get them in straight each time, they will re-thread your stud holes, and towards the end of the shoes life, there is a chance that the hole will become 'loose' and you risk the stud falling out.

Agree with everyone else, kits are a waster of time, much cheaper to buy the studs you like from the farrier.
 
Right I think I'm going for small conicals front, medium conicals behind for next weekend! What do you guys use between to preserve the holes? Sleepers? Rubber plugs? & the nught before travel studs?! X
 
I didn't use to bother plugging the holes, just cleaned them out the night before and then put in travel studs. I used to put in cotton wool coated in vaseline but found this a proper pain to get out.
 
I wouldn't bother buying one of the boxed sets, as has been mentioned you end up with studs you probably won't use.

Just sort out the studs you believe you will need. I bought various sets of studs, I have a tap to clean the thread, supastuds are good but expensive & you are in danger of cutting a new thread when you put them in so I no longer use them. I have an old dart to use to clean out the thread & a ratchet spanner for tightening the stud. We never use studs without boots as well because the horse can stud itself. In betwen events we fill the stud holes with a piece of cotton wool soaked in WD40.

As for how many studs, I think you will find that most people go with 2 studs rather than 1 in a shoe. This is on the advice of vets saying that it keeps the balance of the foot correct, specially when they walk across hard ground/carpark/road to reach where they will be riden. :)
 
I use:

ear plugs for plugging holes
http://www.alltoolsdirect.co.uk/classic-yellow-ear-plugs-388-p.asp

Magnetic dish http://grizzly.amazonwebstore.com/Grizzly-G9718-434-Stainless-Magnetic-Dish/M/B0000DD0NC.htm

this is brilliant for tapping studs
http://www.robinsonsequestrian.co.uk/equine-product-details.asp?ID=4327

personally I use the same studs mostly - short pointed road studs in front, and pointed behind. two in every shoe. I don't use supastuds as I have found that the holes still need tapping or you only get to use your stud holes a couple of times before they become cross threaded - imho.

I use a small tool kit to keep them all in.

Cx
 
Thank you so much guys! I've got a much better idea of what I'm doing now.
Definitely 8 holes & not bothering with a kit! I think I will just make my own!! Start with 4 sml conical front & 4 med behind! I think I foresee a pricey trip to the tack shop / diy store!!
I always use tendon and fetlock boots & will add overreach too & the stud guard!
I'll have to be up super early next week as sounds like I will be faffing a lot!!!
 
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