The Riders Rasp- medium course blades

The riders rasp has now got a new option to its blades, with a medium course blade now available. The medium coarse riders rasp blades are ideal for people used to trimming hooves, giving a more aggressive cut than the standard medium blades supplied with the rasp. The riders rasp is a tool designed for use by the horse owner to maintain the horses hooves between trims and should be used in conjunction with a hoof care professional and under their advice. By maintaining the mustang roll and keeping flare in check between trims, the hoof is able to grow more consistently and thus the horse produces a stronger hoof capsule and pathologies resolve more quickly.

Comfort Pads

The Easycare comfort pads are available in 3 densities; soft, medium and hard. The soft is good for horses that are sore, or as the top pad in a stack for a laminitic pony for example. The Hard are ideal for lifting the foot up in a boot, for example when the horse has a low heel and the coronet band is too close to the top of an Easyboot Epic hoof boot which could cause rubbing. The medium density comfort pad is a good pad for general use when transitioning, 6mm for use as an 'insurance policy' or 12mm when the horse needs extra comfort for example when fresh out of metal shoes.

Booted horses triumph again!

Easyboots wiped the floor with the competition at Bryce Canyon XP, all 5 days the 1st place horses and best condition were won by horses wearing Easyboot Gloves or Easyboot Glue on hoof boots! The list of success of horses in hoof boots over their shod counterparts is growing by the minute, and at the top level. Barefoot and hoof boot doubters will soon become an endangered species!

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.

More Easyboot Glove Testing

More hoof boot testing has been going on in Durango this weekend, including a new gaiter for the superbly popular Easyboot Glove!

Watch this space for the new design and any upcoming news if and when it is released!

Easyboot Glue-On with Goober Glue

EasyCare, the leaders in hoof boots and hoof boot technology, have been experimenting with a number of different methods to apply their radical Easyboot Glue-On hoof boot.

The lastest method is using Goober Glue mixed with water to speed up the curing time. Garret feels that Goober Glue is one of the best packing materials for the boots, and using the water to cure it faster makes this method a very favorable one.

We'll keep you posted on all the latest barefoot horse riding and hoof boot happenings here.

Easyboot Gloves in More Sizes!

The Easyboot Glove will soon be available in size 3.5 and 4, which will be excellent news for the larger hooves UK equines and great for barefoot horse riding in general!

Our other big selling product this month is The Riders Rasp which is an amzing and very handy tool for any barefoot horse owner.

The Riders Rasp is designed to be used by horse owners to keep their horses feet in check between trims, which is not only good for maintaining a strong hoof capsule, but also ensure the best hoof boot fit possible at all times.