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Fw: [RC] travelling wide - csimmons88My husbands arab was also short & roundbacked with a big stride that was so wide his back feet went on each side of his front feet. We later realized he was narrow hipped (large nice hindqtr) but narrow across the top of the croup. My long backed, slabsided mare forged for the fist 10 years of her life with shoes. When we finally got a shoer that could set the shoes back and take the toe off & leave the heal she quit forging. At six wks she looked like most horses do at 9-10 weeks...long toe/low heel. It looked like she was a little upright...not quite clubby but compared to what they looked like at 6 wks the farrier finally could come out at 8 wks instead of looking bad at 6 wks. To top it off now that she's 32 & barefoot she can get trimmed every 4 months and still not be to low. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "k s swigart" < Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [RC] travelling wide We have a short-bodied, round-barrelled, long-strided horse that moves beautifully and is very strong. Now if we could just find the solution to his snatching off his front shoes...... I have felt what you are describing many times in endurance rides....the cessation of rounding and the heaviness on the forehand. It is something a rider can just FEEL. The horse I have in mind (not the one described above) also canters uncollected and his vertebrae articulate differently when his too-long back is tired. The collection is gone. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [RC] travelling wideIf find this to be true even of "short bodied" horses (of which I have had many) and "wide barrelled" horses (of which I have also had many). Since both of these are traits that I LIKE in a horse. I can tell when my horses' backs start to get tired; they stop rounding up as nicely and transfer their weight forwards because I can hear them start to forge. If giving them a half-halt or two to remind them to round up doesn't work, I take this as a cue that I need to give them a rest :). I consider it one of those "little subtleties" telling me that my horse is starting to get tired. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ============================================================ ...but then, I do ride my horses a lot more than most people ~ Karen Chaton ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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