Shoes mandatory in horse v human race – for now
A drive to let barefoot horses inwards the annual Man versus Horse race inwards Powys, Wales, has failed to persuade organisers to alter the rules for this year’s event.
However, the organisers accept promised to review the opinions of the equine in addition to veterinarian community in addition to carefully reckon the interrogation for the 2013 running of the cross-country endurance challenge.
For now, horses entered inwards the 22-mile race on June ix must habiliment metallic shoes.
The course of teaching is steep in addition to the terrain varied to brand the competitor equally fifty-fifty equally possible. Competitors race across farm tracks, footpaths, forestry roads in addition to opened upward moorland, amongst several curt stretches over tarmac. It is rattling hilly, amongst a sum rise of 3000ft.
Green Events chairman Lindsay Ketteringham said the terrain covered meant horses must habiliment shoes.
The organising commission noted that at that topographic point appeared to last a divided trunk of watch amid experts over the suitability of going barefoot inwards the terrain flora inwards the race.
Backers of a drive to let barefoot or booted horses to compete this twelvemonth noted that iv riders had entered this twelvemonth amongst that rattling intention.
Sarah Braithwaite, the co-author of the book, “Feet First: Barefoot Performance in addition to Hoof Rehabilitation“, has ridden her horses barefoot horses for over 12 years inwards many dissimilar disciplines.
She said: “I experience I am ideally situated to tell these organisers that at that topographic point is no welfare run a hazard to these horses. This has been proven ane time again in addition to ane time again yesteryear the results that U.K. riders of barefoot horses are achieving inwards both Endurance GB in addition to Sport Endurance GB vetted rides.”
Horses accept dominated the annual trial since it was offset run inwards 1980, amongst men winning it entirely twice inwards its history – the offset fourth dimension inwards 2004 when Huw Lobb claimed victory yesteryear 2 minutes. That win netted Lobb a particular prize fund of £25,000.
A man, Florian Holzinger, claimed victory inwards 2007.
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