For horses that are shod all around, what studs do your horses wear in the winter?
My horse was shod all around last winter and had pads up front and I never studded. We kept all the horses in during last year’s ice storm but otherwise she went out every day. I ride in an indoor.
Most people around here do borium or drive in studs, I think. You want them as small as possible while still useful.
we do borium (year around as the driveways are fairly steep). Small dot welded on by farrier.
Old retired guy was deathly terrified of concrete and blacktop when the temp dropped below freezing. Borium dots were really the only thing that helped keep him from falling on his face as he walked around looking three legged lame with horrible mincing steps everytime his feet hit concrete.
Now he is thankfully retired to a farm with NO concrete (Yay… problem solved 
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Borium and snowball pads in the winter = equine atv :winkgrin:
snowball pads all 4?
I’ve done the borium bumps in the back for mud, but do you do the snowball pads in front or on all 4?
Snow rim pads on the front feet. I kept small road studs in all winter when Roux was shod in the winter because I still wanted the ability to remove them and put them back in for trailering and what not. That was when we’d spend part of the winter in Fl though, so I wanted to be able to remove them. We also spent a lot of time on the roads hacking.
Pull shoes behind, snow popper pads in front with borium
I can’t really pull his back shoes for winter. I have an indoor, but there’s a lot of walking on hard asphalt or stony paths to get to it. Plus I like to go places, and his feet are better with shoes.
Does anyone put borium nubs on the front and back?
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That’s what we use. On whatever hooves are normally shod.
A friend of mine calls them “winter tires.”
We did borium for years. A few years ago switched to some small pound in studs and they also worked great. I have also done regular studs and just switched with the weather, but realistically found that once January hit, what ever studs they had in were just going to be it.
I have no indoor and have a very hilly pasture and they go out every day.
4 shoes, snowball rim pads in front, farrier adds these little pencil-point things (literally look like the end of a Bic pen) to the heels of all 4 shoes. They last all winter through several resets without dulling significantly. When it’s time to remove them, he drills them out and plugs the holes with a little cotton like a stud hole, and can sometimes get another reset on the shoe. We live in the land of much ice and snow and little trail riding in winter, and my horses are on rough board.
Borium or permanent carbide tips.
Small drive in studs all around. Popper pads in front. Rim pads behind. Not cheap, but worth it. He lives in/out 24/7, and I have no indoor.
This is exactly what I put on my horses as well.
I have only ever had to keep fronts on in the winter, in which case they have small drive in studs and rim pads. It just gets so hard and icy here that the horses without studs are visibly slipping around. I dont like the extra torque, but its a trade off for the traction, a big slip could be disastrous, especially with the hills I have.
We typically do borium on all 4 shoes, rim pads in front, from December through March. I would love rim pads in back as well, maybe I can talk my farrier into doing it this year…we get wet, sticky snow and my mare is on stilts behind with just regular shoes.
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My horse wears borium with rim pads in front. I don’t like full coverage pads unless a horse really needs them.
What are drive in studs? I am not sure I’ve seen them.
