Well if it's affecting his way of going, I'd say give it a shot and see what happens. Can you put him in over reach boots? (Bell boots?) But they don't allow those on CTRs, do they.. hmm... What she says makes sense. On one hand, forging isn't a good thing, and if he does it bad it needs to be corrected, but the reaction to it in the ring or anyplace where you're judged can be an over reaction. Has he ever pulled off a shoe because of this?
Well, I've got all three horses tied and de mudded... I'm going to lunge each of them for a bit... first return to work of spring. :~D