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Funny our Tb has U shaped feet, and my gelding is sort sort of half U half 
C, and my mare and 1/2 arab hallf appendix have C /round shape feet......The 
3 arabs and mix all were barefoot for at least 4 years on clay, 
rock,sourthern pastures....

> From: "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Karen Standefer" <karen_standefer@xxxxxxxxx>,        "'ridecamp'" 
> <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Hooves
> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:10:31 -0400
>
> This is all very exciting.  So the sand allows the hoof to grow to its 
> "natural" or "normal" shape? and the Arabian horse of the desert has U 
> shaped hooves? and everyone can agree 54 degrees is the "optium" level?
>
> Incidently, the stallions had weight, but the pregnant mares were really 
> ribby.  There was ample grass for them now, but it doesn't appear they are 
> fed during the winter.  When i first saw the sign for the Wild Horses and 
> all the condos were arround i wondered where they were, and found them up 
> from Duck and that ain't much terrain to wander.  They were also very small 
> and i wouldn't think the biggest one was bigger than 14' 1". ts
>
>
>   It all has to do with the terrain.  I don?t think you?d find the U 
> shaped feet in the Rockies.   My guess, from your description of the 
> hooves, is that the horses are in sand most of the time.  Horses in sandy 
> terrain grow higher heels (from the observations of Gene Ovnicek and 
> others).  The heels sink down into the sand, so the mean hoof angle is 
> still somewhere around 54 degrees, but on harder terrain their hoof angles 
> would be higher with those longer heels.



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