Crugeran Celt
Well-Known Member
I have a 10 year old Welsh Sect D that has very good feet, he was unshod until I bought him as a 5 year old, they had him shod to sell. Farrier recommended about 5 months ago that he went bare foot as was not doing a huge amount of work so had his shoes removed. I realised I would have to give him time to adjust but he is still terrible on any stoney ground which unfortunately I have to ride over to get out of our lane in either direction. On the road he is now fine was a little short strided to start but is great now until we try riding over anything remotely stoney, he stumbles and this morning he actually went down on his knees! My question is do I keep trying over the winter and hope his feet harden off or give in now and have shoes put back on? Farrier cannot understand why he is so bad on stoney ground as he says his feet are in very good condition and are strong, he is really surprised that he is still struggling on stones. I would prefere him unshod if possible and if I didn't have to ride over the lane I wouldn't be asking this question at all as he is great on other surfaces.