Description
Aluminium Performance Leverage Reduction (PLR)
Aluminium Performance Leverage Reduction (PLR) horseshoes from EDSS are the next generation in aluminium performance footwear for horses.
The optimized reduction of leverage offered by PLR horseshoes, is proving to not only be a superior tool for treating lameness, but also for preventing lameness and improving performance.
As the demands on performance horses has increased over the decades, so has a need to update the way we care for their feet.
The latest information regarding pathology in pleasure and performance horses is suggesting that the lack of leverage relief, offered by either footwear or the terrain, is a primary cause.
Because horses were not particularly designed to turn and run in tight circles, the joints in the lower limb and especially the coffin joint takes a beating.
When the connective tissue and the joint surface itself becomes traumatized, the soundness & performance of the horse rapidly decreases.
Reducing the leverage to the joint by bringing the break-over point of a shoe within a given proximity to the centre of articulation has proven to be extremely beneficial as a treatment protocol.
When this approach also includes the reduction of leverage both medially and laterally, the results are even better.
Now that we have a better understanding of the causes to so many of these anthologies, and the treatments that are working to remedy them, we have ways to prevent these lameness issues.
The simple fact is that horses who are free of pain, thanks to a reduction in the amount of effort it takes to move, will perform better and stay sounder longer. That is what the NB PLR & PLR Race offers the performance horse.
The Leverage reduction of the PLR horseshoe’s offers relief from –
Navicular disease
Side Bone
Ring bone
Size = Width at widest point in inches.
000 = 4 1/4″
00 = 4 1/2
0 = 4 3/4″
1 = 5”
2 = 5 1/4″
3 = 5 1/2″
4 = 5 3/4″
For the steel version PLR please see the link below.
Avanti Leverage Reduction Steel Horseshoes
Helpful YouTube video by Gene Ovnicek explaining Leverage on the hoof and joints.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.5 kg |
|---|---|
| Size | 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Flat or Wedge | Flat, Wedge |
