Horse Lover
New member
So i ride a pretty small pony he is about 13'2 and I'm 5'4 and I'm still growing. Anyway his hooves are falling apart! He is barefoot at the moment and hasn't really ever had shoes. At the moment I do jumping about 2'3 and I'm hoping to get to 3'. Where I live the ground is pretty hard even though its summer. So my barn owner said that if I want to keep jumping him i have to put his shoes on him. I LOVE to jump! I barely get to jump at my lesson stable and my barn owner doesn't want me to pay the $50-$100 for a pair of front shoes. But if I didn't shoe him and I just did hacking I would barely ever get to jump! My barn owner won't pay for shoes because I'm the only one who rides him and she doesn't want to pay the extra fee. My parents aren't very wealthy and I work at this barn for my ride. So what should I do? Should I just have him trimmed and never jump him again? Or should I pay the money that is pretty expensive and jump him? I know its my decision but I would like a second opinion, Any help? Also we would take off the shoes in September because I won't really jump in the winter all that much.