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Help Please, Crooked Leg.

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barrelracerpa04
Reg. Jan 2004
Posted 2015-10-01 8:33 AM
Subject: Help Please, Crooked Leg.



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Location: Greencastle PA		 Need opinions please, my 3 year old gelding has a crooked front leg
i want to train him for barrles. What do you guys think? Is it a big deal?
Thanks , im going to try to post pictures. 
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hoofs_in_motion
Reg. Apr 2011
Posted 2015-10-01 8:38 AM
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barrelracerpa04
Reg. Jan 2004
Posted 2015-10-01 8:59 AM
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barrelracerpa04
Reg. Jan 2004
Posted 2015-10-01 9:17 AM
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Location: Greencastle PA		It turns out just a little bit, can it be fixed by farrier ? or just leave it alone?
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cheryl makofka
Reg. Jan 2011
Posted 2015-10-01 9:18 AM
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Three I believe is too old to be trying to fix it
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FlyingJT
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Posted 2015-10-01 9:25 AM
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I've got a Marthas Six moons son that has a VERY crooked foot. He is 12 and completely sound. At 3, I would leave it alone and not try to do any corrective shoeing. The tendons, joints, ligaments, etc. have all adapted to it and by trying to correct it at his age it might cause you more problems than it would fix.
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cecollins0811
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Posted 2015-10-01 11:10 AM
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FlyingJT - 2015-10-01 9:25 AM

I've got a Marthas Six moons son that has a VERY crooked foot. He is 12 and completely sound. At 3, I would leave it alone and not try to do any corrective shoeing. The tendons, joints, ligaments, etc. have all adapted to it and by trying to correct it at his age it might cause you more problems than it would fix.

Agreed. I've talked to a farrier that had done some NFR horses before (roping and barrels) and he said that you'd be surprised on how many good horses out there that don't have perfect conformations or straight legs. Now this was an older gentleman so take his 40+ years of experience with a grain of salt.
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