From Endurance to Dressage

11/3/2012

When an endurance rider sees this, she harrumphs a little bit because she knows that her farrier is going to have to drive a long way back to Bakersfield to replace the shoe, but she doesn't put her saddle away.

Yep ... Speedy G pulled a shoe

Instead, she sends a quick text to the World's Great Farrier, locally known as Jaime Osbrink, and whips out her trusty Easyboot. [If you love your horse as much as I do and you live in the Lancaster/Tehachapi/Bakersfield area, he can be reached at 661-477-1070.]

Easyboot to the rescue! It's loosened because I was about to pull it when I realized I needed a photo.

Then the endurance rider tosses on her dressage saddle and gets to work. A pulled shoe wasn't about to ruin my Friday night ride. We trot and cantered (A LOT) with no problems. It may take a few days, but I know that the W'sGF will be down soon, and Speedy will be sporting a new shoe. In the meantime, we might be wearing the Easyboot for a few more rides.

Val, over at Memoirs of a Horse Girl, is just entering the world of hoof boots. You might enjoy reading her experiences here and here with fitting her Quarter Horse, Harley into the Easyboot Glove. By the way, Val and Harley live in New Jersey. Both of them are fine, but you might want to read about her experience with Sandy here.

Oh, one more thing. Hubby and I are cabin bound this morning for a weekend of rest and relaxation. Tobias (the no longer little puppy) will be coming along as well as there's no way he'd tolerate being left out. See you on Monday!

Val

11/3/2012 05:44:41 am

Speedy looks great in his Easyboot!

Thanks for the shout-out, Karen! I bought the boots for trail riding and cannot wait for a nice day to put them to the test. I think having a pair on hand for the shod or barefoot horse is a great plan. I am proud to now be a member of "Boot Club".

Karen

11/4/2012 07:29:39 am

I rode many, many, many miles in Easyboots. It feels funny to pop one on for an arena ride, but I don't like the uneven feel of riding with one shod foot and one unshod foot - hence the boot.

The Glove was just making an appearance when I left the endurance world. I would imagine many riders have made the switch from the original boot to the Glove. Since I have a pile of original boots, it doesn't seem cost effective to switch now. As my current boots wear out, hard to imagine when I only use them as spare tires, I may switch to the Glove. :0)

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