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Location: Oklahoma | Please tell me about your experiences. |
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Posts: 912
Location: Alabama | I had one. He never had any issues. He was toed out equally on both fronts from the knee down. Sound and never had any issues. I sold him sound at 16. Still clocking easily in the 2D and placing high at open rodeos. I just made sure the farrier kept him trimmed balanced the way God made him. |
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Posts: 1525
 
| I don't mind if they turn in, but I don't want one to turn out....on the track running straight it seems ok (lots of crooked legged legends) BUT they haven't held up for me at a super competitive level without having some tendon issues. |
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  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| I've got one that toes out just a bit. Never had any problems and this horse gets used...alot. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
Posts: 11493
Location: 31 lengths farms | A) dont ' let anyone try to change his toe out now, B) if he interferes with himself get him some good leather Splint boots that have the hard molded pieces over the sesmoid and splint area, forget pretty colored Polo's and sports medicine boots, they are complete crap for this issue, C) if he does interfere with himself buy some little open front style fetlock boots that the hunter/jumper people use and use them on him for turn out, D) again if he interferes cold hosing after your rides is doubly important and every once in a while you might put a sweat wrap on the fetlocks to pull any inflammation created from hitting himself out before he creates any scar tissue.
My now 15 year old gelding toes out, had to deal with some scar tissue on his fetlocks over the sesmoid area before we realized he was interfering with himself as a 5 year old. Ended up having to have it surgically removed on the right front as the left front toes out worse than the right does. |
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Posts: 442
| My mare turns out in the front and she has had no problems, she moves great! I have the farrier shoe her they way she groes, I have her done every 6 weeks to make sure she doesn't get long, I always keep sport boots on her to protect her legs. She runs 2d on any ground and has no issues. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| We had one that toed out on the front left, when my daughter tried him at s race he ran a tenth off the arena record, no negotiating that price, lol. He was 14, we owned him 4 years-no soundness issues at all. Lost him to colic at 18.
Edited by rodeomom3 2016-02-11 4:18 PM
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Sock Snob
Posts: 3021
| club footed, toe out horses, and horses not generally straight as long as you shoe as they are where they are level and keep there feet done should not have no problem. i seen straight horse go lane also. i have a club foot on one side and low healed still sound in front at 20. good shoeing. people told me she would not be sound not the first club footed i had. i think yall need to go some where and look at the feet of some of the to 1-d horses they do not all have perfect conformation. you just try to limit the bad comformation when you buy. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 502
Location: United States | A toed out horse is just fine. I a toed in horse on the other hand, no way. Next time you have time scheduled with your vet, ask him why and I am sure he would b happy to explain. |
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