Molly,

Yes she has gone with the boots for now though my friend is still erring towards front shoes, I am hoping the boots will do the trick just to help alleviate any soreness while she becomes accustomed to the terrain. I am hoping to do one ride with and one without on the days I ride her each week.

I hadn't heard about lateral gaited horses, I had to google it! I found a Youtube clip that I think was of a lateral gaited horse and couldn't believe how stationary the rider was!

Would be nice to try, Lu has a very fast pony like trot impossible to sit nicely to, Purdys is similar but not quite so bad. When I was riding Lu with someone else who was on a Irish Draught Thoroughbred mix I was rising twice to their once.

Its probably not helped that Lu for one is a left handed horse according to the horse dentist and I am less supple on my left side (also left handed).

x

NSD almost all the way
No dairy hard cheeses occasionally and homemade ghee
Still trying to work out what makes me tick and what makes me drop

'Chew your drinks and drink your foods'
'Let your knife & fork do the work of your teeth and let your teeth do the work of your stomach'
Mahatma Gandhi