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In article <3co66u$l6d@newsbf01.news.aol.com> tivers@aol.com (Tivers) writes:

> We are training racing thoroughbreds on high speed treadmills--fast
> conveyor belts with rubber surfaces. ...
> 
> The belt gradually climbs to a temperature of 100F and stops getting
> warmer at that point, but the shoes of the horse (steel, aluminum,
> titanium, and plastic shoes have been tried, as well as bare feet)
> continue to become hotter and hotter until, at 4 miles of 3:00 rate
> work, we've seen temperatures as high as 240F. this heat buildup is
> probably pathologic at 120F and up, since nails travel through the
> shoes and into the sensitive laminae of the hoof. We are getting
> numerous necroses of the feet of these horses, although a single
> episode doesn't seem to bring on much in the way of trouble. Gallop 5
> miles for a week, though, and we're down for a month with that horse.
> 
> Tom Ivers
> Windy Ridge Farm
> (206) 837-3700 PM (206) 835-9344 AM 837-2102 Fax or Tivers@aol

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In article <3ct6or$qvu@newsbf01.news.aol.com> tivers@aol.com (Tivers)
    writes:

> Our motto here is, "No matter how hard you try, you can't kill 'em all." 



... Does the SPCA mind your treating horses like this?

Bill Park
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