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The rings usually are a result from some type of stress to the horse.  
Doesn't mean he was sick, necessarily,  but it does mean something different 
happened to cause them.  Change of feed, eating habits, location and even a 
difficult endurance ride.

They don't "just happen," something causes them.  I think they could also be 
a prewarning to much more serious problems such as founder or laminitis.

When I purchased this horse I noticed them.  They were very high up near the 
coronary band. Both front hooves had them in the exact same location.  I 
kind of figured out, measuring the distance and his rate of growth over 
time, when this might have happened to him.  It timed out to be very close 
to the time of an endurance ride where I first ran into this horse, 
literally.  He had finished that 50 in just over 4 hours.

Of course, that's just a guess on my part.  Could have happened prior to 
that ride or even after; can't really pinpoint the event down to an exact 
day.  Like the rings around a tree, the horizontal lines of a horse's hoof 
can be a way to measure time.  Kind of cool.

cya,
Howard




> From: "i_mjswart.co.za" <mjswart@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Horse's Feet
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:01:26 +0200
>
> My horse also has rings around his hoofs on both his front feet.  When we
> did Alma (I'm in SA) the vet asked if my horse had been sick in the last 
> two
> months.  He said that the hoof showed him the horse was sick.  I have never
> heard this before, is it true?  Howard (?) called it a 'stress ring', but
> there was nothing new with him appart that we started doing LSD and road
> work.  He always wears shoes and the program is the same that I have been
> doing since 2001.  Can anyone give some insight please?
>
> Anjolize
>
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