RE: hoof flight path

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

My horse was doing that for most of the year.  He had started the year
off with not too good muscle tone, and had some body balance problems.
Once the balance problems were elimiated by careful shoeing, new saddle
(and more balanced riding by me!) he eventually worked out of it as
he was more conditioned.

I suspected with my guy that he had some musculoskeletal problems higher
up rather than in the lower leg.  Did you have the vet check him?

We do a lot of trotting, cantering and galloping uphill. All that
helps.

K.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Kopp [mailto:jkopp@ohio.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:49 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: hoof flight path


Had someone else ride my horse today so I could observe his stride.  He
has
been nicking the left rear leg  at the coronet band for a few weeks.
Almost every ride same small raw area.  Started using a no turn boot to
protect the leg but wanted to see what is going on.  He breaks over
straight in front and on the left rear hoof.  Right rear hoof he breaks
over to the left of center and the leg travels inward coming very close
to
the left leg each stride.   He also appears to travel narrow in the
back,
by that I mean his feet are very close - maybe two to three inches apart
while moving.  When standing still and square his feet are more like 8
inches apart.  He is 6 years old and tall 16'1 hands.  What types of
training will help him develop a wider base to his strides?   We have
been
doing more hills to strengthen his rear end but I notice my other horse
-a
15 year old mare who is very strong up hills- gets very wide behind and
pushes with both legs.   How can I encourage this in the 6 year old?

Roxanne
NE Ohio

 


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