Re: Stumbling

["Sullys Maze" <Sully@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>]

REPLY TO 01/22/98 05:02 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Stumbling

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:27:22 -0600
From: Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Stumbling

Does anyone have problems with their horse stumbling, no matter the
angle of the hoof?  If so, what is the solution?

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Yes, I had a foxtrotter that stumbled and tripped no matter what we
did with the angles of the hoof.  Going up a very steep and gullied
trail (that I went up all the time with the Arab), she fell to her
knees, flinging me onto my nose.  After trying everything, I sold
her.  It was not worth the risk to my life of it happening again.
I had seen and ridden too many sure-footed-mountain-goat type horses
to waste anymore time on one that wasn't!  It just could be that she
did better on relatively flat terrain, as opposed to our steep and
rocky trails.

Karen

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