Overreaching (rear feet landing in front
of the previously placed front feet) does not preclude forging (hitting the
front foot with the rear feet before the front feet get off the ground).
Most horses do overreach. The problem comes when, for whatever reason,
the front feet are not getting off the ground in time which causes a collision.
USUALLY it is because the speed of breakover of the fronts has been slowed by
mechanics (long toe/low heel, shoes set too far forward, shoes too heavy, boots
too big/heavy, etc). So, the solution is not to stop the overreaching,
but to stop the forging by normalizing the timing of the breakover (usually of
the front feet, but it’s concenvable that the rears had been sped up too
fast, I suppose).
Karen
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spottedracer@xxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:04
AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Overreaching
One possibility that was left out - was WHAT BREED the horse
that overreaches is? (not everyone rides a trotter) ...If it's doing a
RunWalk or stretched out Rack - then the horse will naturally overstride the
front by several inches..... These generally require some type of bells
on the front - IF they're shod and/or booted in the rear.... You don't
want to 'modify' their natural way of going...
- LP (with a SSpony who does this naturally.....)
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