--- In [email protected], Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I believe barefoot is now allowed! Is that wrong? > > > > I think you're right... has anyone done it yet? no > > shoes, no boots? > > > > > > Judy, the only rules I can find like FIZO on the net > say that horses must be shod on all four feet. Those > were the rules from 2005. I can't get a link from the > USIHC to rules about shoes, maybe it's my connection? >
I found the 2007 FIPO rules and it says that if* horses are shod, all four feet should be shod, so I guess you can go barefoot in a show. The rules state the maximum thickness of a shoe but nothings about differences from front to back, the maximum is 10mm. http://www.feif.org/pdf/fipo07e.pdf The breeding rules, FIZO, allow a slight difference of 2 mm between front and back shoes. They also allow a difference between front and back hooves of 2cm, I guess depend on how exactly this was done, it might be natural, and it might not be. It says the hoof must be natural, and gives an overall length, but I can't find where it says how long the hoof wall can extend past the sole. These rules from 2006 say the horse must be shod. http://www.feif.org/pdf/fizo06e.pdf Kim
