“It was very cold that day,” says Catherine. I live near Edinburgh in Scotland and this is a picture of me and Tia (complete with Old Mac’s) on the beach at John Muir Country Park at Dunbar in East Lothian.
Tia is a 16.2hh Irish Sports Horse that I’ve owned for seven years. She had a few years of intermittent forelimb lameness, caused by a tendon injury, sidebone and non-specific heel pain. I became tired of the huge expense of the remedial shoes that seemed to be doing very little for her and decided as I was able to ride so infrequently that I’d forget the shoes and use boots for the occasions that I could ride. Best thing I ever did! She became progressively more sound without the shoes (although did need her old macs for hard or stoney going) and is now competing in TREC on a regular basis and doing pretty well!! We also enjoy hacking (beach is best!) and low level endurance riding and are hoping to progress to some 30km competitive rides in the near future.
The Old Mac’s never budge at all and I’ve been through deep water, including swimming in the sea, hock deep bogs, steep up and down hills, a bit of jumping and travelling at all paces! I’ll never go back to shoes with her or any other horse! Thanks Easycare.
