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[RC] Pacing & gelding - rides2far..I agree totally and what I neglected to mention is that some of those "pacey" bloodlines are definitely the ones to avoid. Was chatting with vet who was out to geld 7 today (Yeah!) and he started talking about the Standardbred racing farm that used to be down the road (big deal farm in its day, stallion "Steady Star" set world record) He said it seemed those horses were never just lame in one place, it was always two...not so much the pacers though. Do ya'll just dislike the pace because it's not as smooth as the singlefoot? Is it worse than a trot? Am I the only one who ever read "Oklahoma Pacer" in their school library? By the way, when he gelded 7 he tried to show me thickening scar tissue where the testicles had been damaged at some time, probably kicked (bet that hurt) or something and he doubted he would have been fertile. All that trouble for the poor horse to be kept a stallion for nothing, glad we put an end to that. Managed to trim his feet while he was knocked out. Doesn't have quite the platter feet I'd feared. :-) I hung a pretty powerful fan up to blow across his stall to keep the flies off him. None of my others like it directly on them and avoid it. He walks over and stands with his nose reaching up to the fan and just lets it whip his mane around. I think Jody calls it the "Hamster in the wind" look? (I didn't see Dr. Dolittle"). This week I think I'll just see how much crap I can throw in his stall for him to get used to. Walking on a tarp, piece of plywood, etc. He can learn about that while he's sore I recon. :-) Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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