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  • From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR horse - barefoot vs. being shod
  • Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:54:44 -0700

Una Smith wrote:
>>In a tornado debris field, I think I would want not only hoof boots,
>>but a steel plate inside the boot. I would be concerned about nail
>>punctures.

Susan Wright wrote:
>You are absolutely right! In that instance we didn't have a choice or
>the chance to prepare. Later a group went to MS to help after hurricane
>Katrina and several put pads on their horses.

See the value of MSAR-Riders? We can learn from the experiences of
others. So, did pads do the trick? Pads between hoof and shoe? Pads
of what material? What would that group do differently next time?

Una Smith
New Mexico




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