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The rings are caused by trauma or inflammation to the
corium at the time the hoof horn was produced.  That
could mean anything from imbalance due to poor
trimming/shoeing (uneven pressure which bruised or
traumatized the corium), too much concussion (which
could cause a laminitic response similar to road
founder), a laminitic reaction to food or drugs.  If
it was apparent in his pasture mates, I would look to
see if they were all trimmed by the same farrier, or
look to see if there were reasons for laminitic
reactions to food or drugs.

Karen



> > Shortly after buying my horse I had his shoes
pulled, and the farrier pointed out horizontal ridges
in his hooves and suggested he had been sick at some
point.  I contacted his prior owner who had owned him
for 7 years, and she said he had never been sick that
she knew of.  I then checked the hooves of the other
horses where he is field-boarded, and saw similar 
ridges on most of them.  Could it be that
field-boarded horses have a more variable diet due to
seasonal changes in pasturage and temperature (as well
as fluctuations due to drought/rain variability year
to year), which result in changes in the rate 
of hoof growth?<<



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