Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Problem with Forging

I try natural balance shoes on the front and maybe try the shoes they 
also make for the back.

Truman

Snodgrass, Bonnie wrote:

> Reading the posts about the Natural Balance shoes has decided me to ask for
> suggestions for my young mare's forging problem. She is a long legged, short
> backed type. She has long, well sloped back shoulders and front pasterns
> with the same slope. Her back pasterns/hooves are significantly less sloped
> (higher angle). My farrier has her hoof  angles trimmed to match her pastern
> angles nicely. Well she forges like the dickens. When I bought her as an
> unbroke 3 yr old I didn't notice it till I had her home and on a lunge line.
> She does this barefoot and shod, hits the bottoms of her front feet with her
> back toes like clockwork. She has her first full set of shoes on now,  St.
> Croix Eventers, set well back off the front toes to help with breakover and
> she forges so badly that on her third ride she managed to pull a shoe off. 
>
> Yes, her trim job is very well balanced. No, I don't ride her on a loose
> rein, all strung out or at a hurried trot. I've always managed to "fix"
> forging problems with my farriers with simply balancing the feet and
> improving breakover then training and conditioning appropriately.  This mare
> needs something more so that I can go on and train/condition. She has the
> smoothest gaits in any Arab that I've ridden and is a joy to ride but she is
> very obviously uncomfortable with the constant crashing of her feet. 
>
> Do we dare fiddle with her angles a little? Would the Natural Balance shoes
> help any? Should we set the her hind shoes back off her toes?We haven't done
> that yet because I felt it would just speed up her back breakover and catch
> her front feet worse but maybe I'm wrong about that.  Extend the heels of
> the hind shoes? Lower the back heels a little? AAAAAGGHHHH!!!!!!
>
> My farrier is a young guy, journeyman farrier, really good forging skills
> but not a lot of years of experience under his belt. He very open minded and
> we communicate well. Next appt in one week.
>
> Bonnie Snodgrass
>
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