In case anyone wants to see what it looks like. It's really not bad at all. I'm happy with it.
to show the "hideous" horseshoe:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7635/16759076596_a7117a63c8_z.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7600/16141223704_f32a822b13_z.jpg)