Went to an interesting Discussion on Sub Chondral Lesions at New Market a bit back, Research for a PHD was being presented, Gel track didnt come out to favourably nor did a couple of trainers, so you could be right Chris.
Chris, it would be great to meet up some time, we'll have to see if we can set it up. David, those black and white's are like art! Nice pics. Thanks for posting them. Seems I do it more like you than as Chris described and I don't seem to lose many either. But they all do pretty low level stuff.
what breed of boots are you nailing on there David ? i prefer the stud hole further back , i think some might struggle to join in with this new concept of debate
Thats a pledgers that I safed off. I might have to be disrespectful soon so others feel more comfortable.
I put a stud on the outside on the ones competing that was just a one off at the time. but years ago they got a caulk and feather
No apprentices... not good enough for that! Sounds like a plan, if you pm me your phone no. I'll give you a call.
Most horses with "traction devices", either front or hind, will have "Puffy" ankles(fetlocks). Whether chalks or full(fullered) rim shoes. Fetlocks are "hinged joints" with very little medial to lateral movement.. In tenured horses that have been in traction deviced shoes the sesamiods, per rads, will look like childrens building blocks. IMEs. Thus the adema......................
When I did a few John, years ago, that's what i would nail up. "Stickers", terminology we used here in the south for a chalk on the outsid, would keep a horse off themselves but would aggravate the hocks to the extreme. It was the chicken or the egg senario, hock were sore and the horse was whacking the other ankle , let's put a "sticker" on the outside to keep 'em off themselves. The hocks would get even worse....that was before the prolific use of hock injections.......
I did them that way aswell back then now i got a barn of 16 and there looking a stud on the outside behind and they dont want iron hanging out front or hind
Here in the Uk they outlawed permanent caulks on the outside of the shoe because they sharpened up on the roads and inflicted injury on other horses. So it was decided to use retractable studs that have tapered edges. John we used to feather the inside of the shoe to help with the height difference (when I was a lad )
David, are you saying a caulk and wedge is now illegal in the UK ? Is that for polo ponies only or a general restriction ?
Only for polo Christos and has been all my working life under the HPA (Hurlingham Polo Association) rules. The last stud rule in this country was the position of the threaded hole back in the late 90's where some farriers were placing the stud on the widest part of the hoof and again inflicting injury on the other horses. I used to see horific coronary band injuries but its rare these days.
Question on the traction devices: Why only the lateral side? Why not screw in studs both medial and lateral like a jumper? As an aside the polo stables I do here in NZ don't have any traction devices, just light concave 3/4 x 5/16 or cottam trainers or similar, basically just like a t'bred in training... but nothing high goal around my area.
technically: shod with a polo plate up front and heeled shoes in hinds and shod tight like a racehorse.
