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Location: USA | Would y'all buy a broodmare with a club foot even if none of her previous offspring have developed a club foot?
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Elite Veteran
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Location: USA | anybody??
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Location: God's country | I would probably say no, unless she was really well bred and had produced several foals with no club foot. I've had several club footed horses with no problems, but in today's market I would think a club foot on a foal would hurt its value. This is just my opinion, for what it's worth :)
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Veteran
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Location: Heart of Texas | IMO it shouldn't matter. From the research I've done, there's no scientific evidence of what causes it in the first place. My gelding has it, had it since I purchased him as 3 yo, he's 15 and he's never taken a lame step. He's been used heavily for trail riding, roping, and barrels. I wouldn't trade him for the world. |
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Location: USA | Yeah she's bred out the wazoo or else I'd just pass her right up. I'm not sure if she was born with it or it developed later in life, and her current owner doesn't know either. He's downsizing his herd and she's open for this year so I'm making an impulse buy =) |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I've got a mare here that's 29 years old thats got a club foot. She was a reined cowhorse at 3-4 years of age, a barrel futurity horse as a 5 year old, and she ran at rodeos in crappy ground, and most recently was one of my husband's mounted shooting horses until she was 25 years old. She is, to this day, 100% sound. She has produced 4 foals, all by different stallions, none of them had a club foot.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | It shouldn't matter. From what I've learned, a club foot is typically formed as a foal. My mare has a club foot. Never a lame step. |
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | Wouldn't let it bother me. |
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 Reaching for the stars....
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| My stallion Zan has a club foot. After two years of a great balanced trim, no shoes, you'd never know it. He has started the final phase of self-correction now and by the end of 2014 will not even be classified as club at all. None of his foals have shown the slightest issues with their feet.
Years ago I bought a purple-pedigreed broodmare with the most severe clubbed foot I've ever seen. Not only club, but a 25 degree rotation. I did a ton of work on her foot and had it pretty nice for a while. However, pregnancy and birth sent her into another round of changes and by the time I was ready to breed her again ( I let her have a year off after foaling to get that foot under control again) her coffin bone had started to degenerate in a big way.
I do not believe that club foot is genetic in horses. There may be conditions that lead to clubbing that are genetic, but it is not the same defect as a human with club foot. I wouldn't hesitate because of the genetic part, but know that you will have to keep the mares feet cared for. And she may flare up during pregnancy or after foaling. |
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Sock Snob
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| Got a 19 year old mare, retired feel hurt stifle, has one long toed foot and one upright foot. Run until she tore horse stife, but still sound on front. People walk away from not perfect conformation, got,a gelding he was never trimed until he was almost 2 when she gelded my shoer does a good job, nice horse not lame on front he had fusing hocks i fixed then i can start riding this week. He has been tracking well since i got him back from vet.
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Elite Veteran
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Location: USA | All opinions are welcome =)
I've done quite a bit of research on club feet and whether it's genetic or environmental, or maybe a little bit of both. I know there isn't any concrete evidence either. I know there are mares and studs who show no evidence of having a club foot, yet they produce babies that develop them. Same with those who show evidence of having a club foot yet their offspring are completely normal. I know it's a gamble, but isn't all breeding? What if all horses were predisposed to this condition, but when other mitigating factors are considered (diet, exercise, injuries), the condition actually presents itself? Just a thought . . .
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Location: Oklahoma | I have seen dozens of foals from club footed stallions and mares who have club feet and continue to produce it. I know there are high-dollar, high producing stallions (Arabs) with a club foot whose offspring consistently have club feet. There is definitely a genetic component, but I also believe it is not dominant . . . not every foal will have a club foot from a club footed dam or sire. But we have also all seen those youngsters with a club foot who have non-club footed parents and grandparents. You do not know how her club foot developed (congenital, nutrition-related, injury, etc.) and she is producing foals without it. I was offered a drop-dead gorgeous mare that was beautifully built, had a stellar pedigree, and excellent show record. She also had a club foot that was very significant. I saw on filly of hers, a 3-year old, who had a club foot, although a much lesser degree. Turned the mare down because I do not want a club foot in my program. There are many successful club-footed horses out there who are great athletes, but it is a personal choice of mine to not introduce that trait into my gene pool. |
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Veteran
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Location: Conroe, TX 77304 | I raised a horse that did not have a club foot when born, but when I weaned her I fed too much Purina Junior to her in the stall and she got a club foot. It was my fault for not being educated enough on raising babies.
She is fine now, we run her on barrels and we leave her barefoot on the front and you can hardly tell it. |
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Location: Ky | It would concern me but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if I was OK on everything else. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Yes I had a Raiser Glass Mare that had a SI99. Was a good brood mare also. |
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