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If your horse is sweaty/wet, do you allow it to dry before putting turnout rugs on and turning out

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how many do you use in each shoe? I put one in the outside each shoe, smaller in the front. i dont like putting more than one in each incase they tread on the opposite hoof and IMHO if a horse is still slipping with more than one stud in there is a schooling issue.

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After slipping at a dressage comp and the two of us ending up on the ground I decided i should start using studs
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I put two studs in each shoe as I was told that putting one stud in was bad for the horse.
 
Sorry being a bit slow here... time for bed me thinks BUT

Do you mean how many do you use in each hind or bothh hinds together...? although not quite sure how you could have 3 or 3+ in onw shoe... i think i may have just answred my own question.
 
Hiya, the only reason i don't use studs is that my horse has arthritis in his hocks and our farrier reckons it probably wouldn't help matters. Instead my farrier puts one road nail in both front feet and two in both back feet. For the past three years this has been enough for us whether it's just road work, working in the school or jumping on grass. However i probably wouldn't jump on any ground that is particularly muddy or slippy even with studs. Don't know if this helps?
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do not ever use fronts studs for jumping. Will for dressage but not jumping as the jarring effect is not nice. If it is that slippery that would need infront I won't be jumping full stop!

In the back I prefer to use 2 to stop rotation but if horse is particularly close behind and liable to strike I will only use one on the outside. I won't use over reaches behind as if horse strikes behind and catches the stud on the boot you will be eating dirt!

I also try to keep smaller rather than larger on studs as again once ground reaches point its deep enough to take big studs they are probably making minimal effect anyway and you can either jump without or more likely not at all. My normal rule is would I hunt on the ground that day
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oh and i never use road studs as feel you are just asking for trouble but do have road nails put in by the farrier instead.
 
A BD judge who used to livery at ours explained once to me that using front studs over a certain size jarred the legs and disallowed the natural movement of a horse's hoof on the landing of a jump. I don't fully understand their uses on fonts so I only compete with 2studs in each hind leg, which I feel makes a difference.
 
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A BD judge who used to livery at ours explained once to me that using front studs over a certain size jarred the legs and disallowed the natural movement of a horse's hoof on the landing of a jump.

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Exactly. The best way to think of it is normally when a horse lands the front feet make contact then 'slip' forward a small amount due to the weight of the hind end catching up with the front!! By putting in studs the front feet can't slip forward and therefore the whole leg is jarred. You know how gymnasts often have an extra leap forward after landing from a somersault or something you are preventing that little 'jump'.

On the flat the natural slip infront is minimal in comparison to when jumping hence why i would consider using them for dressage, but I haven't actually used a front stud in probably about 6 or 7 years if not more!

the argument between 1 and two studs is that if only one the foot will pivot round the stud so twisting the fetlock, if two this rotation is eliminated.... Not sure what the arguments for one only is with exception of striking the other foot.....
 
i use one in each shoe on the outside if i really have too, but only ever small road studs in front. Santa Claus I think the argument for only using one is that the horses front leg pivots naturally and two studs stops this causing jarring although don't quote me as its been along time since i have used studs anyway!
 
Always 2 in front - to balance the hoof, the only time you really risk 'jarring' their legs is from over studding in hard conditions imo, in which case I use very small road studs or I dont jump him.

One stud in front will make the hoof twist.

On the backs I only use 1 stud on outside to stop them treading on themselves.

But studding is completely personal preference and experience, ask 3 people you will get 3 different answers!!
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In front I use one on the falt, and in bad slippy conditions on undulating ground will use a flat road type stud infront, but normally for jumping only use 2 behind, a smaller one on the inside and a larger one on the outside.
 
I recently learnt the following, and it makes sense to me so I will be following it:

If when galloping the horse moves straight without a twist to the foot, then two in each shoe, if it gallops with a natural twist to the foot as it sets it down then one in each foot as two would stop that twist and send unnatural forces up the leg.
 
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