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To quote an old horseman's saying:
One white foot, buy a horse.
Two white feet, try a horse.
Three white feet, look well about him.
Four white feet, do well without him.
White hooves tend to be softer. If you have a good
farrier, and your horse doesn't have to stand in mud all of the time, you'll
never have a problem. If he's a nice horse in every other way, buy
him.
Maggie Pritchard
I spoke to a gentleman about an anglo arab he had
for sale. He told me it could never do rides longer than 15 miles
because he has three white hooves. Now, could someone please elaborate
on this? He said the horse was perfectly sound but that white hooves
were weak. I never heard of this before but as I mentioned earlier I've
been away from the horse world for a long
time.
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