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10-27-2009, 11:12 AM
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The reason a lot of horses are running without hind shoes is because they do not allow any bends or toe grabs. They check the shoes in the holding barn before the race and if they are shod incorrectly they just pull them off; some tracks would just assume late scratch the horse and fine the trainer.
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10-27-2009, 12:04 PM
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I know there has been one no hind shoes winner at Kee this past week, I think two.
If the horses are young (2-year-olds) some trainers have said publically discussing synthetics that on the artificial surfaces, they don't want to put hind shoes on youngsters, for hoof health, until the horse really needs it. That depends upon the quality of the individual horses hoof, obviously. Want to add that "barefoot" has been a thing with some horse people for about 20 years now, in all disciplines - but it's really hard to hold a hoof together if the horse is in any kind of serious work in any sport. Even pasture horses that are unshod need hoof trims every 6 weeks or so.
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10-27-2009, 08:04 PM
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There was a pretty good horse in Florida that used to run barefoot about 15 years ago. Happy Alter may have trained him but not 100% sure
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10-27-2009, 08:08 PM
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Chuck, you ever run young horses barefoot? I would think it's hard to get them through breaking in Florida with intact hoofs (the sandy soil)?
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10-27-2009, 08:14 PM
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10-27-2009, 09:37 PM
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I break a 100 or so Yearlings every year here in Florida and I never put hind shoes on any thing. I will put front shoes on most of them when we start breaking. We also Breeze our young Horses all the time with no Hind Shoes.
Cannon is the Horse your thinking About of Happy Alter Jolie's Halo????????
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10-28-2009, 02:21 AM
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Maybe Ponche? Who trained him?
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10-28-2009, 07:14 PM
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I do recall with the hunters we'd try not to get hinds on the young horses until they started popping little fences. Saved alot of dings and bangs on the front legs, helped keep them clean.
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10-30-2009, 09:54 AM
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But, we get some pretty "sharp" sand from the middle of the state.
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