HOOF-it Pads for Soundness

We had our farrier out yesterday to put new steel shoes on Greg's horse. The horse has over 1000 miles for the season and had 405 miles on this particular set of steel shoes. Greg and Qamaar had done 250 rocky miles - five days in a row, 50 miles each day- at Grand Canyon, and then three weeks later another 155 rocky miles at the Smokey Killen three-day ride in Nevada. The shoes were paper thin on the rear with the nail heads completely gone from the road side of the shoes. After trimming the hoof and paring out the sole, the farrier commented that the hooves looked like the horse was ridden in the arena! We used hoof-it pads all 405 miles, and the hoof-it was what kept the shoes on when they were paper thin. Many riders were very interested in what Greg was using to keep his horse sound over so many rocky miles, and how he could ride 405 miles in the same shoes. Cyndee Pryor