Re: Toes out
Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 18:07:27 +0600
I can answer this one! My stallion is a little toed out. Yes, it can cause
interfernce, and yes the horsecould still pop splints- I had an 11 year old
do it who had perfectly straight legs. I think he was ridden too hard (but
not by me!)
What you need to do is be very careful about how the horse is shod for
riding- when the ytoe out, they will hit themselves right under the knee on
the inside iof the front legs. It will look like a nick. I hav eONLY had
this problem IF the shoes get put on sloppily- so this is where a good
farrier comes in handy, who will look at the way the horse travels.
It sounds like he's probably ok to me based on what you are saying about his
legs- and if he doesn't work out for you, you could always sell him yourself!
This said, I havne't had any lameness problems due to Aly's toe out- in fact
he was raced at the track and never came back lame. I think he has excellent
bone and his legs are clean, and there is no reason why he won't do well in
this sport except I haven't had time to condition him properly because of
school.
Even if this new horse pops a splint, I'd imagine if it wasn't huge it would
probably help him out, not hurt him once the inflammation subsided- but I
don't have a lot of experience with that sort of thing. Just condition him
carefully!
Good luck!
Gwen
Well the only thing wrong with him that I can see is that he toes
>out just a little bit up front. Thats it! I think this is because his
>cannon bones are slightly off-set to the outside. He is sound, clean legged
>and 9 years old. Can you all tell me how this toeing out could effect his
>gate, or soundness doing long distance riding? I can't figure how his would
>make him interfere.
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