>>> I don't think it is. These sort of boots often have a little metal "tab" which fits under the foot by the frog to stop the boot moving around. See http://www.astund.is/index.php?id=24&activemenu=24?_cat=92&catalog_item=1334
>> Ouch - a piece of steel pressing up on the frog? Niiiiice...No wonder the show horses have extra knee action.... Wait a darned minute! The 280-gram bell boots convert to almost 10 ounces. The most the USDA HPA (Horse Protection Act) law allows for boots that serve as "action devices" is six ounces I believe. Officials from the USIHC organization have in the past slimily used "protection" as a guise to wiggle out of that law, saying the bell boots aren't "action devices" but instead are for "protection." And that begs the question, what "protection" does a pair of 280g boots offer that a pair of 170g boots wouldn't? Yeah, protection...that's it... NOT. And a steel tab pressing on the frog... in the name of "protection"...! I wonder if the USDA has seen that Cavallo article...? Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 1/4/2008 12:05 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
