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re: [RC] conformation-toed in vs. toed out - Brenda K.Wading in late again, but Deb Bennett said in one of her seminars that a horse will have freer movement in the elbows if it is slightly toed in, and therefore likely less inclined to develop girth sores. I've now had three horses that were toed in. The one horse, gone three years ago to greener pastures, traveled narrow in the fore, wide in the hind and never interfered. Her son, now 11 and competing well in endurance and CTR, paddles slightly on the fore and travels narrow behind, so his back feet run between his front feet at the trot. He will interfere at times, generally when he's showing off for other horses and therefore not looking after himself. His little sister (And I mean little. At a shade under 14 hands, she's six inches shorter than him.) has the same smooth, ground-eating trot as their dam and will be competing for the first time in the coming year - if we both survive her desire to do everything at full tilt. As for a bit of slope in the back, if that were a problem I'd have to sell the whole works. Oh yeah - they're all basically good old CMK. BTW - don't look for us on AERC. We've only done one AERC ride. The rest have all been in Alberta and therefore not on AERC's radar. Cheerio Brenda Kossowan Leslieville, AB PS. For those of you interested in people's occupations, I'm a daily newspaper reporter three days a week and a freelance writer the other four, with a bent for the ag beat and a specialty in the hog industry. I fit riding in when I can, and really enjoy the afternoon shifts that let me play all morning. Economy here is good. Lotsa bucks around, so have almost enough money to run up and down the road with my horses. bkbkbk =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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