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I have no problem understanding angle logic, but why should a square toe
increase concussive stress (assuming equal hoof angles) and why should it
jam more than a 'pointy' toe (again assuming equal hoof angles)?
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> From: Tivers@aol.com
> When you raise angles in the foot, you shift a significant amount of
> concussive stress away from the soft tissue suspension system behind the
leg
> into the bone column. A squared toe can have a similar effect with the
> addition of "jamming" the foot, stopping it too quickly--again puts
stress on
> bone column. Of course, there are times in the front where we want to
make
> these kinds of changes, very carefully, and not dramatically, to quicken
or
> lift the action. But when we do, we know that beyond a certain point of
> balance, we're going to start testing the knees and ankles.
>
> ti
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