Is Barefoot the Future?

At Trelawe Equine it is no secret we are big advocates of barefoot horse riding, however it caught our eye that human barefoot running is also hitting the headlines at the moment!

A quote from a recent article in the New York Times reads: “The shoe arguably got in the way of evolution,” said Galahad Clark, a seventh-generation shoemaker and chief executive of the shoemaker Terra Plana, based in London. “They’re like little foot coffins that stopped the foot from working the way it’s supposed to work.”

With this in mind you ahve to ask the question "what on earth a metal shoe nailed to the horse hoof would be described as!?"

I have tried running barefoot, and with a little practice it certainly does feel more natural and less effort. So why not give barefoot a go with your horse? You'll be pleasantly suprised.