Re: [RC] conformation-toed in vs. toed out - Barbara McCrary
I have an older toed-out horse that I competed with for
many years. All I had to do was put on nice padded interference boots on
his front legs. No problem with that.
A lot would depend on how badly toed-out a horse
is. Mine wasn't too bad, but just bad enough to interfere.
Subject: Re: [RC] conformation-toed in
vs. toed out
A horse will "swing" in hoof flight in the opposite direction of the
toes. Meaning, a toed-in horse will paddle (or at least have a tendency
to) and a toed-out horse will swing in...therefore increase the chance of
interference.
I have had much success with some slightly toed-in horses over the
years...but I will NOT buy a toed-out horse because of the chance of
intereference.
