And what does ANY of that have to do with studies about toe grabs?
Patty

I said Travis shod the horse BEFORE the Arkansas derby, when the horse was training, not FOR the derby.
The point was that they used NB shoes. (no toe grabs..the whole subject of ths thread) to correct some hoof issues ,so your anonymous mentor and son were not the only people to ever shoe that horse during that time, as you insist.
Patty

patty. no shoer i know willingly uses toe grabs anymore. but as you know trainers are a strange lot and they would use rocket fuel if they thought it would give them an inch of an edge.

It is not just on the track, it's the same everywhere. Just change a few intenties in your response and there you will have what goes on 'Outside" the track game:rolleyes:

dave murray wrote:
Very true, and trainers can also shoe the horse at the track if they like, and owner are allowed to shoe their own horses anyway they see fit. I pulled shoes off a juvenile horse over 3 months ago who had broke down [bowed both tendons]after one shoe job the owner had done in glue since they didn't know how to nail on a shoe.
I almost threw up over the smell and rotted look of the foot, and the mere pain this horse was in. It had black juice coming out of it's white line, and dead blood at the bottom of it foot. The toe was over 4 inches long.
The little 2 1/2 year old colt is doing nicely now. I'll shoe him this Friday coming up with wide web aluminums and he's turn out all winter to mature.
Come spring, I'll shoe him in queens all around.

Also, trainers have been known to inject with cobra veniom in the joints, themselves. I knew personally of a trainer who would take the joint fluid out of one horse that couldn't run anymore, and inject their fluid in another horse to save on vet bills.
Also, something about MAPP 50 to inject the joints with??
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Body Science

ladyblacksmith wrote:
Getting of the toe-grab issue for a moment:

It is "how" we are racing horses today!!!!!!! The whole industry need a complete overhaul on how trainers get their liciences, including platers, vets, ect.
We are blaming a piece of metal across the toe, when we should be looking at the "How we breed, train, race, shoe, medicated, track management and the lack of turn out for these racehorses", and whose careers are usally over at the TENDER age of 5 years old!!!!! They have broken so badly, that they don't go off to be showhorses instead. WHAT A SAD TESTAMENT!!

We also need to revamp the "Conditions" book ALSO!!! [which no one brought up in the subject on] how many times a horse has to run as a Maiden/not won in so many times since last year, ect., and why these horses are not going off to other careers.
Food for thought............................Linda........................
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Angelinalove

Because they can make a lot of money if they are on the board a lot, and not suffer any more harm than if they were running as a winner against winners. Heck, We had a 3 year old maiden allowance colt (who never started until he was 3) who made the majority of his lifetime earnings running second place in maiden allowance races. (five in a row...often just a nose, it got to be kinda funny) ...its not such a bad thing because once they 'break their maiden' and win one, then have to run against other winners, its a lot harder for them then.
A maiden runnng on the board in his level can make a living for a barn running just off the winning pace, and last a long time doing it. It's not so bad. And the ones who are running 'out of the money' all the time get retired to other jobs quickly anyway because they are a huge loss economically. It sorts itself out.
Patty

dave murray wrote:Dave,
To the best of my knowledge turn-downs are banned just about everywhere now. Have been for a number of years. I seldom see stickers anymore but 1/4" bends seem to be very popular where legal.

New York likes to shoe a large number of horses that way mainly because Cigar wore those type shoes from what I understand.

Is anybody'd guess as to whether or not they really improve performance or not. I'd just as soon go with a block if up to me but that's the trainer's call.

Seems not to bother them if on hind since the forelegs are the ones that more often than not give out first.

George

George, i had a couple of horses come my way from NY , one had bends on all fours (much more then 1/4") the other horse had front stickers (twisted off) and bends behind i would say a good 1/2". when we looked at the forms on these horses they had both been running on fast racetracks. found it quite odd that they would use stickers and bends all around on fast tracks. bends and turndowns have always been banned in canada. do you see or use a lot of bends where you shoe?

No,
Is not legal here. Most shoeing is pretty plain no frills type stuff lately.

Typical job is either a Queens, XLT, or outer rim front, and a plain or block hind. Hinds will usually have grabs unless running on turf.

Sounds like you've been seeing some pretty freaky stuff. NY allows jar caulks on front which are usually broken off when no longer necessary. If you saw front turn downs or 1/4 bends shame on them. It wasn't legal.

Hey,
Just thought of something. Where in NY are these horses coming from? Reason I ask is because that state has 2 governing bodies of racing for TBs.

The tracks covered by NYRA (Aqueduct Belmont Saratoga) are as 1st class and good as racing gets in this country. Finger Lakes OTOH is not part of NYRA and is a somewhat cheap trashy gyp track. In all likelihood the place probably has different rules. Would need to check the condition book.

This could be the reason for what you're seeing,
George

George, these horses came from saratoga and belmont or Aqueduct two of them from Nick Zito's barn and i think the other one from Bobby Frankel's barn. what track do you mostly shoe at?

Linda

Earlier you posted that Afleet Alex was shod on a 4 week Schedule. I know it's done, but I'm curious, how much foot did he take off? How high did he drive the nails? If really low, What type of chincher did he use. What size and brand of nails and shoes? Did he shoe all horses on a 4 week schedule or just those with good growth? How did he avoid same old nail holes on those with limited growth? What did he do with the horses that had rotton walls.

Thanks
Roger

In my bussiness, I have quite a few that are shod on a four week schedule during the summer..I'll have atleast a 1/4 inch to remove...no probelem driving nails. A horse working and in shape can easily grow 1/4 to 3/8 inch of foot in that time. If the happen to be western pleasure horses they start to lift in the knee and you are asked to "leave more heel, he is poppin". So you trim off the growth, rocker the toe on the AL triumph and he is flat again... for four or five weeks...
Jason

George Geist wrote:

Here's some more on this..............no testing on platers either.

Roger Williams wrote:
Sorry I never answered you. He used pony clinchers, used Izumi #3 nails, and Victory or TB.

racetrackers........paint feet with reducine to stimulate growth quickly, sometimes with corona on the coronary band everyday too,...........also pack the bottoms with buey clay, or sole pack everyday too.