Does anyone have pics of shoeing of polo ponies they could post? I'd like to see how others do it. Thanks, Gary
i will try and get some Gary ,maybe we can meet up and i can show you , i cannot crack this posting job . every thing is fitted penny on a penny with a single studhole outside heel on the hinds , and hunter heel all round , shod every 4 weeks 3/4 x 5/16 concave
some of the pros want 5/8x 5/16 in front or even ally plates ,they all say 3/4 x 3/8 is too heavy , they are in charge they ride the horse they call the shots , they know from experience what works best for their style , i see a lot on the yards we go onto that are in 3/4 x3/8 upright heels with a bit of width and length but they are not high goal horses and their farriers are forever replacing lost shoes , i know one lad making a full time living just replacing lost shoes at matches/comps in english season
hurlingham rules state only one studhole in the outside heel behind is permitted . high goal ponies without clips behind would lose shoes every chukka in my experience
John how do get away with fitting those shoes you posted a month ago , the calk and feather you said for the polo ponies ?
Yep Chris you are right. They are using those kings plates and I cant get on with them. I have finished shoeing all High goal stuff as I couldnt be doing with the Gauchos telling me my job. Not the players they were cool. I did not lose many if any off the high goal boys.
i find it the other way round but we have an argentinian farrier who is an ex pro so communication is easy with the gaucho community , they are bloody horsemen , the best i have ever come across as a group
too much steel for me David . we use a lot of kings plates . i quite like cottams trainers a;though i have been putting some pledgers trainers on (job lot off a retired farrier)
Yep I use some pledgers and they are good, and I dont mind the kings plates behind, just a bit like barb wire in front. The big yard I do they ar happy with the 3/4 3/8 but as you say the high rollers arent.
one thing i never quite understood is that we seem to have very little tendon lameness or sore shins , the flat horses always suffer with these problems ,yet these polo ponies are all ex flat horses
doesnt really matter what we do , it will still be wrong in somebody elses eyes LOL , as long as our clients are happy thats what matters
Hell Chris we are having a thread about horse shoeing and there is air of respectability in it, do you thing it will catch on?
sore shins IME always occurs with the same trainers , they use the same gallop facilities and but age factor isnt as obvious as the trainer factor , other trainers using the same facilities dont have this problem , it could be the shoeing / shoes they use the same firm
