RE: Hoof color

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

Add to this individual variability.  My mare with the 3 black hooves
cannot go barefoot very well.  She has the same sire and a very similarly
bred
dam as my gelding.  My gelding with four white hooves can go barefoot
(if he's not under heavy work - I don't want to go into the barefoot
discussion here).  They were born and raised at the same place and I
boarded them at the same place together for several years with totally
different hoof wear issues.  Also, my mare tends to be a pacer like
the sire and wears down the front hooves which have shallow frogs.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Teddy Lancaster [mailto:Teddy@runningbear.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:17 PM
To: rno2m@virginia.edu; ridecamp ridecamp
Subject: RC: Hoof color


What it boils down to is 1) genetics, 2) care 3) environment.

"guest@endurance.net" wrote:

> Ray O. rno2m@virginia.edu
>   I'm still a newcomer to the horse world,but I now think the old saw
re white hoofs is exactly wrong.I think black hoofs ARE harder-and much
more brittle.I think white hoofs ARE softer,and more resilient/less
prone to chipping and cracking.I may be wrong.The best hoofs among our
Field Trial horses in Va. are found on a little horse who has run
barefoot for years.All white.
>
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