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As Karen Standefer pointed out there are a lot of things that can 
cause "folding" in the rear. Actually tripping and or folding are 
just indications that the horse has several problems but you need to 
start somewhere to find and eliminate pain and IMHO hoof pain should 
be fixed first. It's the pain that makes the horse compensate (like 
toe first or short-stepping) that in turn will start to cause 
tripping, etc. A pain free horse doesn't do this stuff. I didn't mean 
to imply that heel pain in the fronts would cause folding in the rear 
but who knows, when my back hurts I walk funny and lose agility 
especially going down stairs so if a rider was to make me go quickly 
down those stairs would I trip because my shoes were to long?
Don Huston

At 05:50 AM 6/14/2006 Wednesday, you wrote:
> Why does heel pain cause folding in the rear?
> -Sharon L.
>
>
> Quoting Don Huston <donhuston@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > Many times a horse is tripping in the front or folding in the rear
> > because he has sore heels. Sore heels makes a horse shorten his
> > stride and set the hoof down toe first.



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