Grant Building A Shoe.

I took 2 semesters of naval architecture.

I have used them on a couple of horses and was really happy with the results.

I can recall my brother having to make one in a hurry
one morning a race horse needing to do a peace of work
horse went sound straight away
so dont tell me they are a glass case shoe.
and michael has used them so they are more than forging exercise

That must be a good horse to shoe, he keeps his foot close to the anvil so you don't have to go far to check your fit.

You spent two years learning about belly button design?

Yes. I learnt how to make lint float.

I have not looked at the other site in a while, but there was a thread about the g-bar. I put up a couple of photos of horses i used it on. It kept on Stud from having to be put down. If you have a horse you can not attend to every week and are hoping for that section of the hoof to settle over 1/2 in or so, it is a great option.

Michael, try chopping off one side of your shoe and then go walk on sand. You might find your foot is ok, but your ankle and calves get sore after a while from trying to keep your foot from tilting toward the area where there is no shoe.

Tom, try cutting up the back half of your foot. And then nails shoe on with that part cut out. then stand in a stall with shavings. I think you will find you have already learned to not stand on that part of your foot.

Yes the horse is going to have to "work" to balance himself against the uneven GRF created by the shoe.

So I guess in your opinion the Frog support won't help with that at all. The horse has 3 other lakes to stand on. I guess I'm just not worried about the same thing you are. I use it trying to fix a tramatic injury, him working the balance is not my concern at the moment I'm using the shoe. The horse can go and lay down for all I care.

dave he made it with aluminium
nothing sticking out went on to win a group race in it

Well, sometimes encouraging a horse to lay down is a good thing, but it could have the opposite effect.

Recently I heard about a horse that won a race just trying to get away from that shoe . . .

Have you ever made and put one on Tom?

This is where you come in and get to stick a square shoe on a round foot

No. Lots of heart bars, but not a G or Z even with trauma like half the heel bulb sliced off and then sewn back on with the heel flopping above the shoe.

But now I'm thinking I should try a few to see if my performance horses go better in them.

I do follow what you're saying. The horses I was using this on I did not have ready access to. And I was hoping for the foot to settle a half inch or more in the time I was gone. I was wanting it to drop down past the surface bearing of the shoe.