Clicking feet

Niccolai Murphy (niccolai.murphy@e-mall.org)
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:11:36 -0800

Okay, I'll bite and ask the dumb question on this one. I've seen written in
books and in posts comments about lengthening or shortening a stride by toying
with the angle of the hoof.

I can't see how this can be. I can see that you might change the path that the
hoof takes through the air (say steep to start and shallow on landing or vice a
versa) but not the length of the stride. If this were the case then if we
shorten the stride in front and lengthen at the back the horses back end would
soon pass the front end. If we did the reverse the horse would turn into an
equine version of a daschund.

So what really happens?
Nicco
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