Can anyone recommend which type of barefoot boot or hoof boot is best? There are quite a few on the market these days and I want some for occasional use as I'd like to take my 3 year old for long rides on the south downs, but the going can be a bit tough underfoot, with flints and stones. She manages fine on short hacks and tarmac, but is a bit touchy on gravel etc and I don't want to shoe her yet, as she doesn't do enough work outside the sand school to warrant it (plus I prefer to shoe when fully grown).
I did use some a long time ago when they were quite basic and they didn't always stay on if you encountered mud and also some rubbed the heels. Any recommendations much appreciated.

I have found Boa Boots to be very good.

Old Macs have been great for our horses

I have a freind that uses the bower boats on the horse that has boxy feet and the old mac G2's on her lami she did loads of ringing round to find the right boot for her horses.

I used Old Mac G2s on my mare when she had a hoof infection earlier this year, they were absolutely great (other than cleaning down afterwards!); no rubs, twists, we were able to lope through clay and they were excellent for reducing concussion on chalk and flint; I showed them to our remedial farrier who thinks they're the business but he also thinks the Cavallos are very good (for some I think they are slightly easier to fit). I think my hoof boots represent some of the best money I've ever spent on horse kit. But if you've got a forward going horse, like me, be warned, it's like kitting them in Nikes, power multiplied!!

Post edited by: campbh, at: 2007/10/14 21:31

The guy who invented Boa's and Mac's also invented Cavallos - they dont have the liner which the people that bought out Boa's and Mac's added later.