Paul...there are many reason's why a horse might NEED to go barefoot, and then there are the reasons why an owner or trainer might WANT the horse barefoot...I wouldn't want to speculate on this particular horse. But there is a very popular method of trimming horse's feet right now to closely resemble a 'wild' horse foot...I'm not a fan--but many others are.
If a horse has good feet, there is no reason why it can't go barefoot, most TB's don't have good feet IMO and that's probably why it's not seen very often. There is a barn in England that is very big in to going barefoot...check the links on the site below.
http://www.thehorseshoof.com/barefootperf_race.html
11-12-2006, 07:06 PM
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