"My horse would like to personally thank Old Mac's for allowing him to spend 4 days and 100km on a rocky trail without metal shoes. Mr. Darcy and I rode the RDA Annual Fundraising trail ride in the Alpine Region with 4 boots on every day. We rode over rocky terrain, steep climbs, numerous creek crossings and muddy tracks. On day one, a horse slipped in one of the river crossings, (metal shoes on slippery wet rocks are a bad combination), and slashed its' knee open-vetted out for the remainder of the ride. Needless to say, we never slipped on anything!!
On one of the days, we came to this really wide steep clay track. All the horses I was with, started galloping up this mountainside. Once Darcy found his feet-so to speak (it was the first time he had climbed such a steep hill with his boots on), he was off- full gallop! Traction was not an issue.
Kids on the ride thought it was great to see a horse with runners on. My Vet checked him out before the ride and commented on what wonderful feet he has. That made me feel very proud, because I work very hard at keeping his feet good and now with the boots, we will never need metal shoes again. I just cannot speak highly enough of Old Mac's".
Lezley Golding
Nar Nar Goon North, Australia
Pictured with Mr. Darcy on a fancy dress ride day as Indian and Indian pony.
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