Re: RC: re:hoof shape on wild ponies

[Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>]

> wild
> ponies living on the hills behind our house here in Mid Wales.All the
ponies have very long pointed feet, 

I have a registered Welsh Pony and a 1/2 Welsh.  Neither has ever had
shoes and they are on rocky cherty hillside.  I have to trim back the toe
constantly.  I think it is because of their "action".  They tend to pick 
up their knees, not drag their toes like a Quarter Horse.  If left to
their own divices I can see them getting very long in the toe, but their
feet want to splay out...hard to picture  pointy.

Angie
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