Re: RC: RC: Re: long backed arabians

[Abby Bloxsom <goneriding@snet.net>]

Jennifer -

It's hard to say from the pix, but I think Mahriah has a longish back 
for an Arab but a short coupling.  Not a bad combination.  As for the 
back/long thing that you think you have, it looks to me like it 
originates with underrun heels in front.  Of course, these aren't all 
that visible either, but I think this horse's heels are sore, and so 
she's not moving lightly in front.

If your farrier can get her foot more back under the bony column of her 
leg, I suspect she will move better & have less trouble with leads. 
This will require the work of a good journeyman farrier (probably a 
different one from the one you have now, if he/she is satisfied with the 
current work), and painstaking attention to a shoeing/trimming schedule.

Good luck.
-Abby B

Jennifer Thompson wrote:

> She is now 11 years old, and I haven't noticed any acute 
> lameness issues, but she seems to move a tad stiff in back sometimes. 
>  Not really a hock or leg thing though...so I'm wondering if it may be a 
> back/loin thing.  She also was seen by a chiropracter a few months ago 
> since she felt off at an extended trot, and was cross-cantering a lot. 
>  He thought her problem was in her lower neck though, and supposedly 
> fixed it.
> 
> http://jensmenagerie.homestead.com/Mahriah.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
> 
> 


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Abby Bloxsom
ARICP Certified Instructor
Level III Recreational and Distance Riding
Colebrook, CT USA
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