Horrible, horrible news

Today, Painter lost his first shoe *sob*

Okay, so maybe it's not that bad, teehee. But he's had 4 shoes for over a year and never lost one, even in horrible mud with no bell boots running like an idiot. SIgh, now I can't brag about that anymore. He was totally fine riding though

I don't think you should be riding a horse that is missing a shoe
And you should get another one put on him asap

He He
My horse lost her first shoe and she started freaking out before she got into the arena so I walked her in alot of circles then she calmed down but we didnt know she lost a shoe then my trainer was all like "where is her front right shoe" im like "NOW I GeT IT! Its in the stable yard" LOL

Haha, Painter had no problem with it. I even trotted/cantered bareback on him for the first time! But I did give him a stern talking too about not losing his shoes, naughty pony

Haha that's always fun losing a shoe or two! Lol did you ever find it??

No, it started raining and I didn't feel like getting wet. The shoes were do for a change anyway, they were starting to wear out

Hehe one time during drill practice my horse tripped and managed to rip a shoe off. My dad who was on the sidelines watched it whirl through the air. I never knew it happened... my horse kept cantering like there was nothing wrong. It wasn't until an hour later of the practice my dad mentioned he saw him do it >.<

Well atleast you didnt just get them done. Aha that's good!

^^ Still. It's not good to ride horses that are missing a shoe. Makes them off balance, sore, and can really mess up the hoof and create other problems.

Depends upon the horse mostly I think. Also there is a huge affect of what you are doing with the horse along with what footing you have.