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Over-reaching
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Name: Maggie FlowersSubject: Over-reaching
Email: maggie.flowers@morris.com
A 4 year old quarter horse constantly hits his back right ankle when ridden. He was recently changed to egg bars shoes on his hinds but he still over-reaches. He does it so bad that he trips and looks lame for a couple strides. This really hinders my chances in the show ring. I don't know what to do, any thoughts?? Thank you in advance for you reply.
Email: maggie.flowers@morris.com
A 4 year old quarter horse constantly hits his back right ankle when ridden. He was recently changed to egg bars shoes on his hinds but he still over-reaches. He does it so bad that he trips and looks lame for a couple strides. This really hinders my chances in the show ring. I don't know what to do, any thoughts?? Thank you in advance for you reply.
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Name: Gary
Email: FtFrkGary@aol.com
Why does your horse have eggbars behind? I square the toes of the shoes behind and extend the heels of the shoes just a little,for a horse that overreaches. You need to address breakover on the front feet so they get out of the way of the hinds, still wondering why eggbars behind??? Good Luck! Gary
Email: FtFrkGary@aol.com
Why does your horse have eggbars behind? I square the toes of the shoes behind and extend the heels of the shoes just a little,for a horse that overreaches. You need to address breakover on the front feet so they get out of the way of the hinds, still wondering why eggbars behind??? Good Luck! Gary
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Name: Ronald Aalders
Email: ronaldaalders@planet.nl
Hi Maggie,
There are only so many things horse shoeing can cure. Sitting here behind our computers further limits our ways to help out. On several occasions I've stressed the importance of horses moving correctly, through their bodies so to speak. Without this it's virtually impossible to predict the effect certain ways of shoeing on your horse.
But if you wish I'm happy to give it a shot, hopefully others can help out here too so we can come up with the best solution for your horse, given the fact that shoeing solutions are limited and hands on advice is always the best and most trust worthy. Before I can even start to make any sense (some would say I never do anyway so save your breath....) I need to know a lot more, so I need to ask you a lot of questions.
So you own a QH. About the horse: What kind of showing do you enter? How is your horse built? (How is it bred?) How is the horse trained before? E.g. did it get started as a 2 yr old? Or did you just start the horse recently? Anything 'funny' about the horse we ought to know? Eats ok? Does not get tired easily? Not a long backed TB bred horse? Back looks ok? No funny bumps, not sore when touched? Same with legs.
About the hitting: What's the 'hitting the back hind ankle'? Do you refer to a horse interfering? Do the left hind foot hit the right hind? Or is it that a hind foot hits the right front? Was the eggbar an attempt to cure the hitting? Or does the horse suffer from any suspensory problem?
When did you first encounter the hitting? Has the horse always done it? Or does he just do it when he's fresh, or tired? Does he do it in a curve (left or right?) or on a straight line or both? Does he only do it during transitions? What have you done to try and cure it? What was the effect of those attempts?
Only if we know enough about your problem I'm sure all the combined experience posting on these boards will come up with some decent answer that could help you out here!
Ronald Aalders
Email: ronaldaalders@planet.nl
Hi Maggie,
There are only so many things horse shoeing can cure. Sitting here behind our computers further limits our ways to help out. On several occasions I've stressed the importance of horses moving correctly, through their bodies so to speak. Without this it's virtually impossible to predict the effect certain ways of shoeing on your horse.
But if you wish I'm happy to give it a shot, hopefully others can help out here too so we can come up with the best solution for your horse, given the fact that shoeing solutions are limited and hands on advice is always the best and most trust worthy. Before I can even start to make any sense (some would say I never do anyway so save your breath....) I need to know a lot more, so I need to ask you a lot of questions.
So you own a QH. About the horse: What kind of showing do you enter? How is your horse built? (How is it bred?) How is the horse trained before? E.g. did it get started as a 2 yr old? Or did you just start the horse recently? Anything 'funny' about the horse we ought to know? Eats ok? Does not get tired easily? Not a long backed TB bred horse? Back looks ok? No funny bumps, not sore when touched? Same with legs.
About the hitting: What's the 'hitting the back hind ankle'? Do you refer to a horse interfering? Do the left hind foot hit the right hind? Or is it that a hind foot hits the right front? Was the eggbar an attempt to cure the hitting? Or does the horse suffer from any suspensory problem?
When did you first encounter the hitting? Has the horse always done it? Or does he just do it when he's fresh, or tired? Does he do it in a curve (left or right?) or on a straight line or both? Does he only do it during transitions? What have you done to try and cure it? What was the effect of those attempts?
Only if we know enough about your problem I'm sure all the combined experience posting on these boards will come up with some decent answer that could help you out here!
Ronald Aalders
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