RE: Hoof crack

["Carolyn Stark" <carolyn.stark@mail.utexas.edu>]

Hi

I had a hoof crack happen at Tevis '99.  I think it resulted from a
combination of Natural Balance Shoeing that wasn't the right thing for my
horse, and a farrier who thought that shoeing a horse that moves crooked
"straight." (hope you know what I mean!)

Anyway, Echo was in California at the time, and I was living in Texas.  I
didn't ship him to Texas until October (Tevis was July 24) and rode him soon
after he arrived.  However, the day after I rode him for the first time
after Tevis, he stepped on my foot and broke it so it took a few months
after that before I rode him regularly!

Now, in bringing him back into heavy training, his hoof is starting to grow
unevenly, and I am keeping my fingers crossed my new farrier knows what he
is doing.  I shoe him every five weeks.

Good luck, and there's no reason to push it with your horse.

Carolyn Stark
Austin, Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: SandyDSA@aol.com [mailto:SandyDSA@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:27 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Hoof crack


Who out there has had a hoof crack that actually took their horse out of
training for a few months? Now that we know what is going on with Audrey's
mare, we are wondering who else has had this experience. We don't want to
make any mistakes here. She has traces of long-standing gravel in a vertical
line and when it was debrided, it actually LOOKED better than before. But it
is in the front left, inside of the hoof, extending from the middle of the
hoof to the hairline but not quite the C band. It could be worse - but the
vet/farrier has said we can hack her gently this week, and just not start
working her until the hoof grows to the point where the crack is an inch o
so
below the hairline. We slapped he right back on the DynaHoof - make their
hooves grow like crazy. Anyone else have hoof crack anecdotes that would be
helpful??
San


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