Pine Tree 100- A weekend of firsts!
Sharon Levasseur and her horse Zephyr had a wonderful weekend at the Pine Tree 100 in Easyboot Glue-Ons.
Read the whole story at here.
Here are a couple paragraphs taken from Sharon's story to get you started.
"Last month, I entered Zephyr in a 3-day 80-mile ride to work on fixing the “race brain” that he has developed since we started racing 50s in 2007. I knew that was the last step I wanted to conquer before trying again for a 100. He did great so I decided to go ahead and enter the Pine Tree 100 on June 27. I figured that with his race brain fixed, more advance planning, and terrain that is more similar to our home trails, we had a much better chance of finishing than in Vermont last year.
We did have some shoeing issues during the 3-day ride (lost both front shoes within a mile of each other on day 2 and finished the last 23 miles of the day barefoot in the front) so I made the tough choice to do an abrupt about-face and switch him to Easyboot hoof boots instead of shoes. I posted a few updates about this transition earlier this month. I had been planning to do the ride in Easyboot Gloves but was having some trouble getting the gaiters (ankle straps) to fit him properly, and I was worried about rubbing over the long distance, so I decided to just glue the boots on instead."
"I think the Easyboot Glue-ons HAD to have helped him, with all that rock a lot of people were having problems with footsore horses. One rider even got pulled at the final vet check because of that... talk about heartbreaking! It’s not usually so rocky at this ride so most people didn’t bother padding their horses, and I heard that a lot of people lost shoes."
Sharon Levasseur and Zephyr
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