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Susan,
Each horse should be trimmed to his conformation!!! You are doing the right thing. You may have been hearing about preventing long toe/low heel syndrome. In this case, the horse is low in his angles compared to his pasterns & rest of his leg/shoulder. It adds stress to the horse as the breakover point is in the wrong spot.
I've had a horse who's natural angle was 57-58* - steep but normal for him. Another ran 54-55*, again normal for her but different from the first horse. There is no set "magic" angle for an endurance horse.
Trust your farrier's judgement in this one - he's right!
Linda Flemmer
-----Original Message-----
From: SUSAN WILLIS [mailto:SMW@SOS.NET]
I have a 2 year old filly that I am hoping to do distance riding with in
a couple of years. She has lovely broad, hard feet and I've kept her
trimmed regularly but now I wonder if I should be trimming her according
to a different angle than what is normally used? This comes up after
discussing with someone that has done quiet a bit of riding that they
have their endurance horse trimmed at a sharper angle. Why? Should I
worry about angles with my filly (not yet under saddle)
My farrier likes to trim the hoof keeping the angle the same as the
pastern, which I have always agreed with until now, and I feel
ridiculous asking him to change without being able to explain why I want
the change.
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