--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was told by an old
> timer "quickest way to permanently cripple a horse, a young one
> especially, is to ride him fast through deep sucky mud."
>
> so that can be a bad surface too. But I do see a flaw in your list
> of
> surfaces. for one, a gravel road will lame a horse quicker than
> anything because of sharp little pointy rocks. been there done
> that.
> Janice--
I will agree with the gravel road...I have seen many lame horses
because of gravel, and not one yet because they were ridden on
asphalt during a parade or other hard surfaces......we use the ground
controll polys now when we ride parade....all the time now actually
so concussion is not an issue, they actually have better protection
than if they were barefoot.....
Skye
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