Lighter shoe up front, address where the last part of the foot leaves the ground. Then improve...depends on hinds how you approach that. I like to watch them move, that helps me..
Thanks Gary. This horse has light standard kerck rims. Tidy foot, pretty much perimeter fit. Last time my client called with this issue I rockered the fronts and put a bigger shoe on hinds and set it back off the toe some. It seemed to fix the problem for this horse. But makes me wonder if shoeing changes really helped or just maybe the horse was sore from being overworked and fatigued, and once he backed off his training the horse improved, soreness resided, forging stopped??? Cody Gilreath, CF
This client long trots his horses for miles, and works them in deep sand. Long trotting works so many muscles and I guess I'm wondering if fatigue is the issue and has nothing to do with shoeing. Cody Gilreath, CF
it's never good when the shoer has to give riding lessons to the owner but it's fun. you're probably going to get fired anyway so enjoy the "schooling session"
I don't think the horse forged barefoot. And those shoes are light, so that shouldn't be the issue. The common denominator is the clients new husband. When they have a show coming up, he increases his training. I personally think a little overboard and the horse is likely sore and/or fatigued. And he could need to pick him up too. May just be getting heavy on the front end. Cody Gilreath, CF
When I first learned about setting the breakover back and giving more support behind, I was doing some horses on a big ranch, The fellow would wear the heel-toe corked shoes thin on four horses by himself in six weeks. He was a bit skeptical when I changed from perimeter fit. At the next shoeing he mentioned he was over his doubts, and said that the horses didn't get tired as soon and when they did, "they weren't knocking their feet together".
