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Kerry Ridgway diagnosed high heel/low heel in the horse of a friend of 
mine who tripped a lot.  It was fascinating to talk with Kerry as he 
examined the horse and arrived at his diagnosis.  The horse tripped 
because he would put weight on the high heeled leg before it was 
completely extended and the knee would buckle.  Once he spotted it & 
showed it to us, it was quite obvious.  With good farrier care 
(originally under Kerry's direction), the horse has been ridden for many 
years (not endurance but NATRC & trail) and only trips occasionally at 
the end of his shoeing cycle.
Under Kerry's direction on my high heel/low heel horse, my farrier did 
use a lift on the low heel for several shoeing cycles.  At the same 
time, I concentrated on helping the horse correct his lateral balance. 
This was when the horse was about 8, he is now in his late teens and 
still doing LDs.
Laney
Amy wrote:
> http://www.schleese.com/articles/Low%20Heel%20High%20Heel%20Syndrome.pdf
>
> I found this link, didn't have time to read through it all yet though.
>
> Amy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Fura" <tracetribute@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:19 PM
> Subject: [RC] Clubfoot
>
>
> I was told by a non-endurance vet that my horse has a club foot and that 
> he probably couldn't compete unless I did extensive corrective 
> shoeing.   I got a second opionion from an endurance farrier.   The 
> farrier told me that my horse actually has high/low syndrome which will 
> not prevent a horse from competing if shod properly.
>
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