glue-ons and final prep

Last night it rained, all night. Hopefully the trail was dry enough to absorb it! Today was windy, wet and cold. We postponed gluing on boots till the afternoon, and then went to a neighboring barn with a good sheltered area to work.

My trimmer is both an Easyboot and Renegade dealer. Even though my boots are Renegades, he is new to them, and felt more comfortable with the Easyboot glue-ons, which he has applied successfully before. I'm happy with his opinion on what will work best.

Major was every bit a wild child walking down the road, a blowing gate, oh my! 4 days off, oh boy. At the stable next door everything was new, snorty and looking around. And I just stood there, and he figured it out, hmmm, not as exciting as he thought.

I didn't do many photos (new place, wind, trimmer under my horse!) but there are a few. Trimmer cleaned the feet, then really rasped the outside wall to give good purchase to the glue. The glue is very messy and you have to work fast, though not as fast on a cool day like today. Fit to the foot and glue on the shell, he held up the opposite foot so the horse really put his weight in the glue-on shell. It didn't take too long, and Major pranced up the road and ran around the arena and his paddock. He looked fine, but a new thing on race day, the one thing you don't do! I'll just have to see how it goes.









Trailer is (mostly) packed. Using a good list I found is helping. I'm not the most organized person, but this pretty much forces you to be! Tomorrow off to ridecamp (15 minutes away!) and Saturday the ride (6am, seriously?!) Not freaking out yet, probably tomorrow...along with everyone else. Even my experienced friends are nervous right now, which strangely makes me feel better. This should be fun/new/scary/an adventure all rolled into one. With a story to tell at the end.