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Had the same problem only recently.  I realized what was happening after the second time.  The horse wanted to go, I was holding him back, he bunched himself up to the point that he was "hopping" up the hill...low and behold, there goes the front shoe.  I thought he was tripping but he was pulling the shoe off.  Found both shoes in the same area...on a hill.   Did this twice in one week before I realized what was happening.  On the flat or at any other gate there was no forging, clicking, pulling shoes etc.  He was just getting so mad trying to speed forward and bouncing in place with little forward movement that he wasn't getting his front foot out of the way.  I didn't change anything with the shoeing.  I just let him extend himself out instead of keeping him back without speeding forward and it solved the problem.

 

Now, my other horse was doing the same thing, BUT his was a different issue.  Foot wasn't moving out fast enough but only due to the breakover on the back.  His back feet are shod with the shoe very slightly behind the toe so the breakover occurs before he hits his front foot.  This horse has MAJOR extension so it was the only way to prevent him from forging and yanking shoes off.  He was losing shoes ALL the time.

 

Those are my two very different solutions.

 

Stacy

Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Please Reply to: Lauretta tikitiki69@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Can anyone shed some light on this problem?? I am having a
> problem keeping a shoe on one of Shaba's hooves; it is the front
> one, and is white (his other front is a black hoof; I am not sure
> if that makes any difference). On his last two rides, when we 
> were cantering/trotting, the shoe has come off. The first time
> the nails just pulled out; this last time some of his hoof broke
> off below the nails and it pulled out. I am having no problem 
> whatsoever with the other hooves. In the winter, when he was in a
> lot of mud, I had the same problem with the exact same foot; just
> thought the mud was softening the hoof up and the shoe was then 
> getting sucked off from the mud. I have watched him in the 
> round pen at the trot and canter,
>  and he does not forge/hit the 
> back of his fronts with his back feet at all. I am thinking that
> on up/downhill (havent been able to check this yet) that he may 
> be doing this when leading off with this foot and might be 
> tilting it upwards so that the back edge of the shoe hits first, 
> then rolling the foot forward and the back edge is catching on 
> a rock or something. I am taking him to his shoer tomorrow so we
> can go over some options for correcting this, but am starting to 
> wonder if this particular hoof is maybe weaker than the others, 
> and possibly just not holding the nails the way it should?? Is 
> there anything I could either put on the hoof to make it stronger
> or feed him that would improve the situation? It only seems to 
> occur when we are speeding; if I am just going training ride pace
> the shoe stays on just fine. Any help is appreciated; thanks!
> Lauretta and Shaba (It is ouchy when my shoe comes
>  off.....)
>
>
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