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Bored and stuck at home? Keep both you and your horse mentally and physically ready for the trails with these four helpful tips!
Keep Your Horse Ready for the Trails From Quarantine! With much of the world under some form of quarantine right now, many horse owners are finding that they are unable...

13 year old champion show hack, Matty, sets out on his barefoot journey.
Matty’s Barefoot Journey With Annette Kaitinis (Co-Founder of Scoot Boot) May, 2020   A few months ago, Scoot Boot put a call out to the wider Tasmanian equine community for some horses to...

Traditionally, navicular is viewed as a debilitating disease which has no cure. However, new research has given us hope.
Can Transitioning To Barefoot Aid In Navicular Recovery? Over the years, Scoot Boot has received countless inquiries from horse owners wanting to learn more about transitioning their horse to barefoot as...

Considering transitioning your horse to barefoot and you are being met with criticism?
Sheri's Barefoot Transition Journey Though a relatively new addition to the horse world, hoof boots are changing the times. With more and more research revealing the benefits of keeping horses...

How do Scoot Boots hold up on sandy terrain? Dawn Champion shares her experience.
Dawn Champion's Barefoot Experience  Around the world, many people live and ride in areas that have sandy desert terrain. For most hoof boots, sand can cause major problems. Other boots...

"I want to prove that you can ride endurance competitively with Scoot Boots. I want to show people, like with my MS, that it can be done." - Rachelle du Plessis.
Overcoming Complications to Achieve her Dreams Rachelle du Plessis is an endurance rider in South Africa. She and her husband, Martin du Plessis, breed, train and compete endurance horses. Rachelle was diagnosed...

Lola the retired racehorse is barefoot and competing in Scoot Boots for the Thoroughbred Makeover. She and I will continue to be barefoot advocates, competing and trail riding barefoot and in Scoot Boot hoof boots!
Firstly, Lola and I would like to say thank you for following our journey. We have learned so much from each other over the ten months spent training for the Thoroughbred...

Does this mean that your adventure is over? Is your only option to turn around and return home? No, not you. You’ve prepared for this possibility. You dismount and pull a Scoot Boot out of your saddle bag. 
You’ve planned your entire trip out in detail. You’ve gotten time off work, found a sitter for your pets and planned meals for the family. You know where you’re leaving...