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Forever Tan
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Location: Wisconsin | Anyone on here compete with a horse that's slightly turned out in the front? Curious to opinions, good and bad! |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have seen them run and win toeing in and out. I don't believe it is ideal, but as long as you keep up on their hoof maintenance and trim/shoe as they stand, they should be fine. |
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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | I've seen quite a few in the reining pen winning. My current coming 3 reining prospect toes out snd I'm not concerned. She's one heck oh an athlete. I agree with above good consistent farrier work is a must. |
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Forever Tan
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Location: Wisconsin | Thanks..just makes me wonder how they would hold up over the years of our demands, I agree on good farrier |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | well my 2yr old HUS/jumping prospect toes out. He is bench kneed where his knees slightly turn out instead of pointing straight forward. I had a sports med vet check him out that deals mostly with barrel horses and hunter/jumpers and he wasn't a bit worried about him. He said keep the outside short so he doesn't wing out and just keep up on his trimming/shoes (when he is older). There have been olympic jumpers that toed out he said and many race horses and barrel horses. The worse thing people do with these horses though is try and straighten them out when they are older. Trim/shoe as they stand. |
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| According to my friend who is a pro reining horse trainer, smart chic o Lena's hocks were touching! So, basically they can win, long term side effects are that they are prone to early degenerative changes and strained tendons. So, hydrotherapy, good shoeing and just being very aware of their predisposition to these conditions will help them stay healthy and happy! |
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Location: USA | My gelding toes out. His bones are straight though. When he was young, we would do corrective trimming, but now, we just shoe him straight,. I had him vet checked prior to buying him and the vet didn't see any issues with it as long as I didn't want him to be a halter horse:) This past year, he's won a saddle, and about 1200 dollars and it was his first year running.
One of the top runners in my state has a mare that toes out and it doesn't hinder her a bit. |
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Location: Texas! | My gelding is pigeon toed, he does now get coffin joint injections due to uneven joint spacing caused him to come up lame this summer (he is 10). Like others said, it's not ideal and they will most likely require some additional maintenance but they can still kick butt! I did hear Secretariat was pigeon toed! Don't know if its true or not. |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | bc3up - 2014-01-05 5:33 PM According to my friend who is a pro reining horse trainer, smart chic o Lena's hocks were touching! So, basically they can win, long term side effects are that they are prone to early degenerative changes and strained tendons. So, hydrotherapy, good shoeing and just being very aware of their predisposition to these conditions will help them stay healthy and happy! They weren't. I worked there and he was a very correct made stallion. Better than 99.9% of the cutting/reining stallions out there. And I'm not a cowhorse fan so not just saying that.
Edited by wyoming barrel racer 2014-01-05 6:48 PM
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| I ran a mare for years that toed out..........soundest horse I've ever had. She was fast, never overreached, and gave me no problems........
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Location: The Great Northwest | I would rather they toed-in as it is less strain on the knees. When they toe-out a lot and paddle, it puts a lot of stress on the knee. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Dont' let the shoer try to fix them, check to see if they interfer at all and if they do I suggest open front style fetlock boots for turn out and going to the leather style splint boots with the protective cup over the sesmoid area. |
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