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RE: Re: [RC] conformation-toed in vs. toed out - heidi

Interesting theory, but not anything I've ever seen in real life.  Nor is it apt to happen.
 
Why?  Because the trot is a diagonal gait.  So when the foreleg is at its widest "paddle" (just shy of full extention) the OPPOSITE hind leg is the one coming forward.  On the flexion stage of the foreleg's trajectory, (when the hind leg on the same side is reaching forward) the foot does not swing the way it does in the departure phase leading to extension. 
 
This might be an issue in pacers--but not in trotters...
 
Heidi


On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:28:40 -0500, Kimberly Huck wrote
> I'm getting ready to look an endurance prospect that is "slightly" toed in.
> I've always heard the saying.."better toed in than toed out".  Why is that?

I diagree.  My reasoning comes from the harness trainers where I boarded
my horses for many years.

Toe out is better *on a trotter*.  Reason:  a horse doing the big wide
open road trot common in US endurance rides needs to "straddle" its
front feet with its hind feet at mid-stride (the full suspension
interval).

A horse that toes in usually is a paddler, and will knock their
front feet with their hind feet in mid-stride.  To avoid this,
they'll protect themselves by going short behind.
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