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Judy of the gaitedhorse list said: "What caught my eye, was the statement that these horses wear rear shoes because racking horses wear down their rear feet so fast. Now, my fox trotters tend to wear their rear shoes faster than front because of the sliding action of the rear feat. For that reason, we do not put drill tech put on the rear shoes, but only on the front to help with traction on our rocky trails. We don't want to strain their rear pasterns by putting a torque on them. The video said they put borium on the rear shoes. Angela said that she was told that endurance horses may wear their back feet more than their front and that some compete with boots on the front and shoes on the back, so maybe that is the explanation, rather than that the racking or stepping pacing that these horses do is causing extra wear." Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
