It has been awhile since I have posted anything in here. Keg shoe Triumph Kerkhart. Here are the fronts( the hinds are the two in the back) The left front is a recovering pulled forward pie foot. I inherited the problem from previous farrier. The foot is recovering nicely, I now have real heels and not some crushed fibrous material that looks like a smooshed heel. It has a ways to go obviously. You can see the severity of the under run heel here. It is a barrel racing horse or I would have extended the shoe even farther back. These are the hinds. any tips advice or tongue lashings welcome.
I would trim a ton more heel. Actually a lot more foot all together. The feet and the shoes lack m/l balance.
Here's a couple pairs of aluminums from this morning. I don't normally do aluminum so opinions are welcome. Critiquing of the general shoing job would also be helpful to me.
Not at all Dave, that is why i post in here, to learn more from guys like you. The medial branch looks as if it is too far out and needs to be bumped in about a quarter to eight of an inch? It is the black foot, if you look at the other pics of the black front foot the medial branch doesnt stick out as far as the picture of the sole surface makes it seem, but I do clearly see what you are referring to. If that is what you are referring to?
The fourth picture down, it appears, could totally be camera angle, the heel is sticking over the shoe? Black foot, one up from the bottom.
Actually, I was not trying to be funny Tejun. David is very experienced, highly qualified and working towards even higher achievement, but still has the grace to not be disparaging of other's work and for that, he has my respect.
I agree totally. Wasn't making light of it. It is refreshing to see highly skilled farriers who are patient and helpful. The others have their place also. When you post here you are going to get it from all sides. The value of the diversity of opinions and approach is immeasurable. Hence why I am here.
Just something I kicked out of my new bar stock. 3/4 X 3/8. Problems I see already, didn't upset toe(forgot) so it's thin. My nail holes are to close to center of foot making five of them useless unless I want to see blood. First shoe in awhile.
Tejun, the heels are just barely covered, the pic below the one you commented on is the solar view of the same foot. Smitty, that is a problem I have that I would be very happy to know how to correct. Gary, the owners wanted aluminum so the horses got aluminum.
Before you nail the shoe on Tejun hold the foot and the shoe along side each other and see they are the same shape. Then place the shoe on the foot, if you have rapid changes in direction in the shoe it probably has been over turned. Or the foot has been trimmed In adequately or both.
Personally I think this hoof needs more medial support with a shoe that fits full on the medial side. Owner is more leaned towards bare foot stuff. 1. Can this be fixed or just trim and shoe to help it? 2. What should I do differently trim wise? 3. What kind of shoeing job would you apply possibly? I saw how bad the rasp marks were while taking the picture and fixed that.
Tejun that's not a bad trim. Certainly looks flat. And no it can't be fixed with a trim, the best I hope for with a shoe on that foot is drop a symmetrical shoe on it and box it off where it sticks out. With your shoe making it's all a bit hectic, probably more overlapping blows, less speed and more power.
