walkergirl said,"My suspicion is that
these rings do not always indicate a present or past
problems."
True, but they are saying
something. I rode Odd Todd hard for 3 rides in a row, ( a month apart) with
shoes and he had 3 rings about a quarter of an inch apart. Isn't that odd?
:)
The rides were fast and
included some hard clay roads. The speed and condition of the trails were not
easy on his feet. However, that didn't mean he was going to founder either,
necessarily.
I saw a horse this past
weekend at a ride that had very prominent rings/ridges in his feet. One of them
had a severe crack horizontally on the front foot. The horse was also shod. We
were commenting on this horse and noticed a shaved spot. IV plug said the owner.
Not a story the rider cared to share. I am not sure the horse finished. The feet
pretty much said it all.
I just rode Looney
Lance 105 miles in two weeks. Not fast, just training but the first ride was on
hard packed roads. If he doesn't get rings around his hooves I won't be
surprised. I am surprised that I didn't ring his
neck!
By the way, those of you
who didn't show up for Boy Scout in Georgia this weekend (WEENIES!) you missed a
great ride.
It was 9 degrees Friday
morning and about 17 degrees Saturday when we started. The horses had frost on
their whiskers. We had frost on our shirts and in our hair where our breath was.
We crossed water that had icebergs. It was great! Being from Florida, I have
never seen anything like that!!
Odd Todd even got a few
ice cuts. We did cruise the first two legs and still came in under 64. It was
great for the horses. My ears were so numb I could have pierced them and never
felt a thing!
The pipes on my trailer
froze and didn't thaw until Saturday afternoon. Trainer Wendy had hot homemade
soup for us at one of the holds. It was great! The fire ring sure did come in
handy. Ahhh, life is good.
