Galloping Down the Pavement?

[cssutton]

[QUOTE=Elghund2;3709082]
When I was hunting in Northern VA I had borium on the shoes because of the frequency we were on pavement but that resulted in bruised toes. When I moved to central VA I went to screw in studs.

As far as grazing is concerned, I let them graze. Its a lot cheaper to let them graze at checks then to pay for the ulcer medications. If you can’t hear the hounds over a horse eating grass, its time to turn up the volume on your hearing aid.[/QUOTE]

Obviously you have never served as huntsman, master nor field master.

When you get separated from your hounds, the slightest noise is distracting and sometimes the difference in getting back to the hounds.

A rider constantly blowing his nose (common at checks), horse chewing the bit, one that will not stand; all very distracting and discourteous to the staff.

Not to mention coffee housing.

Claude S. Sutton, Jr.

If we do not wish to lose our freedom, we must learn to tolerate our
neighbor’s right to freedom even though he might express that freedom
in a manner we consider to be eccentric.

[xeroxchick]

Sometimes it is unavoidable.
I once ruined a horse that way. She was a good hunter, but after a very long hunt and a lot of it on blacktop, the (unbeknownst to us) cist on her navicular bone made her permanantly lame. The hunting can bring out flaws that otherwise would be fine or undiscovered in backyard situations.

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If the streets were made for iron the cars and bikes would not have rubber tires.