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Hello Donna,

Did you find the pointy part of the elbow up along side the ribs at the
back of the leg to measure from?
You measure the widest part of the hoof side to side.
Seems like Bud is a real stout boy. 

Don Huston


At 11:03 PM 1/28/2010 Thursday, you wrote:

What is going on?  I used regular tape measure and from the elbow to knee is 20"  middle of the knee to middle of fetlock is 10 inches and 1 inch below his lowest part of knee his cannon bone is 9 1/4 "   and he has not done anything yet.  Will he big Shrek leg? Also how did you measure hoof.  across the bottom.  front to back or circumference? His feet are huge!!!~!
 
Donna and "Bud"



From: Don Huston <donhuston@xxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 10:26:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Cannon bone measurements

Hello D'Arcy,

Yes all 3 are Arabians.

I did not check knees today but before and after I trim them I stand them on a concrete slab to check legs and lateral balance and hairline angles to make sure I have not done something obviously wrong. All 3 will stand square and all 3 toe out slightly. I will do the plumb line thing next time.

Don Huston


At 08:14 PM 1/28/2010 Thursday, D'Arcy wrote:

Don, I don't want to assume they are all Arabians.  Therefore, could you clarify their breed?  Great measurement job.  Now, were you able to draw an imaginary line centered from the knee to the fetlock?  Was the knee centered to the center of the hoof?  If not which way did the knee turn in or out and on what horse and what breed?
 
D
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Don Huston <donhuston@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay I measured my 3 horses. They have all been barefoot for the last 7 years and are sound on all footing. The 13yo, Datezz my current endurance horse, just completed Warner Springs 50mi barefoot, "mostly" no boots. "Mostly" because for the first time in 3 years of gluing boots I had total glue failure. It was a sealed tube fresh from the wrapper but over a year old so maybe that was the problem. After the first 6-7mi all 4 boots were off.  We were 48 out of 71 and pulsed down to 56 within 1-2 minutes at 3 vet stops and 60 at the finish. The other 2 were retired from endurance because of "mental problems".......mine! I wanted to slow down and relax. Datezz is a big lazy lumox that will walk while the others run off ahead. Suits me just fine now as a 66yo.

Datezz 13yo 16HH 950lbs

Long easy trot

Stretches out at the canter

Loves to stop

8.5" cannon

18" elbow to knee

11" knee to fetlock

4.75" wide hooves

Indy 25yo 15HH 850lbs

Short powerful trot

High rpm hoof pounding canter

Loves speed, refuses to relax

8" cannon

18" elbow to knee

10" knee to fetlock

4.5" hooves

Yoshi 20yo 14HH 725lbs

Flowing extended trot

High rpm hoof pounding canter

Loves speed, will eventually relax

7.5" cannon

16" elbow to knee

10" knee to fetlock

4.25" hooves

Don Huston

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