My theory and feelings on Polytrack

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Hurt their health ?

I know MANY horsemen and vets who believe that a combination of bad blacksmiths and the toe grabs on the hosre shoes are a HUGE factor to the unsoundness of their horses...

As a matter of fact, ONE OF THE TOP TRAINERS IN THE COUNTRY files off the toe grabs on ALL of his barn's shoes...all of them....so its like they're not even wearing shoes.....I can't say who because of the obvious risk with owners...

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

I know MANY horsemen and vets who believe that a combination of bad blacksmiths and the toe grabs on the hosre shoes are a HUGE factor to the unsoundness of their horses...

As a matter of fact, ONE OF THE TOP TRAINERS IN THE COUNTRY files off the toe grabs on ALL of his barn's shoes...all of them....so its like they're not even wearing shoes.....I can't say who because of the obvious risk with owners...

I would agree that a bad blacksmith and toe grabs (on front feet) can be a problem but you said shoes.
As for the "top horseman" who files all the toe grabs off...why not just shoe without toe grabs and save the poor farrier all that extra work?