Please give me some examples of why you would use toe and heel shoes. My opinon is for pulling, soft dirt where traction is needed and frog contact is still made. I have had people say the are good for trail riding, less slipping. i don't feel on a hard surface the frog (unless really thick) would make contact with the ground. Comments please.

JB

John,

I am beginningto think it is a Missouri thing. I have clients telling me the same thing about traction on rocky trails, but I have never seen any real benefit from them as far as traction. I went to Emminence for 16 years and if you have never been there let me tell you, there are some rocky trails. I always preferred to use the St. Croix wide shoes and got around just as good as those using toes and heels. I can see where the toe and heels would be beneficial during wet times of the year because some of those trails are steep inclines and the added traction would be nice.

Wayne

Why would I? I wouldn't, but back in my younger days in Colorado, all the ranchers had to have Diamond toe and heel on their horses. They thought that it added extra traction. The horses in my string got rim shoes, always thought dirt on dirt worked better. One client's ranch had a bunch of rimrock scattered through out. He would buy a box of shoes and in the winter when he wasn't busy apply borium to the toe and heels, never had one slip out from under him. but he was the exception not the rule.

I don't have much experiance with them except when putting them on horses that were used for deer hunting <pack and ride in horses>. Like anything if appled properly I don't see where they cause any harm.

I tell you one thing, you sure get more resets out of em!

I dont use them, but I pull them all the time off of horses from PA area.
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I pull off alot with borium on the heeled and toed shoes on TWH that come down from Tenn and Kentucky. They are usually two sizes too small also? Gary

I always felt packers liked t@h shoes cause they wear longer and got better traction going down hill. Scott