Heavy shod horses at a country boy horse show

[Chad Warren]

I need some feed back . Do you think a horse with heavy shoes ,bands, ect. should be aloud at a country boy show

[Robyn]

There are countless sanctioned shows for horses carrying a shoe above 3/8" x 3/4". Country Boy shows are for back-yard horses and trail horses with NO SHOW TRAINING. Heavy shoes, bands and pads should not be allowed. If your horse is shod this way it should be shown at a sanctioned show for REAL show horses.

[Bubba's Last Words]

NO PADS NO BANDS!!!!

[Kari K]

That sounds perfectly sensible and reasonable to me. Hope it goes well. I'm all for keeping government out of as much private citizen good ole healthy fun sports as possible.

[Chad Warren]

We have a specific size shoe for open shod classes its 3/8 thick 3/4 wide single caulk. We want to keep the gov. off our back and keep from having a DQP. Alot of people forget its a COUNTRY BOY SHOW . Well im probably gonna make a few mad but o well there is plenty of shows for them kind of horses. There are very few true country boy shows anymore . i have showed my whole life and there use to be a bunch of country boy shows around where your average joe had a chance . I took over the FFA Alumi Pres. and after talking with the alumi members we decided to go back to the old county boy way . thanks for comments

[Kari K]

I guess you need to add specifically what size and weight shoe you are referring to.

[Kari K]

I was told by a farrier that horses with 1/2 inch or more shoes, plantation shoes have to be stall kept or they would come off. I wouldn't want to have to do that. We trail ride the ones w/the 3/8 shoes with no problem.

[Leighanne]

We hav e our own Country Boy Horse Shows here in Petersburg. We have seperate classes for horses with a shoe heavier than a keg. We also have keg shod saddle horse and racking horse classes. Some horses do not have a good gait, or are pacey with a keg shoe. All walking horses are shod differently for smoother gaits.

[dusty414]

NO - it's not fair for people with normal keg shod horses to have to compete against heavy shod horses and if you ask me horses w/bands and heavy shoes aren't what I'd call Country Boy - you certainly wouldn't trail ride a horse shod like that (or at least I wouldn't)

[Kari K]

IMHO I think they at least need to be in a separate class where everything is Apples to Apples and not thrown in with everybody else.
I have had a horse that had 3/8 shoes on the front and bands that were only to hold the shoes on because she kept losing one. I don't think a horse like that would have to be in a special class if they let 3/8 be in with the 1/4" shoes.
I also have one that has 3/8 shoes and a thin pad between her hoof and the shoe just to hold the nails better because her feet wouldn't hold the nails. I don't know what she would be classified as because they are pads, but not the thick pads to make them pick their feet up high. I've only been in 3 shows, so not an expert by any definitions. That was on Daisy that's in my "Daisy Being Fabulous" video and she's keg shod w/3/8 on back.