Q-Ball also turned the fastest time at the Almaden Triathlon (horse part). I still have a picture of Judith riding her and all four feet were off the ground. Six if you could Judith. She was a great horse.
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From: merryben@xxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] coon-footed Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:03:15 -0800
When I got Q-Ball she was just 5. I told my shoer to just put plain shoes on her and pretend she was normal. I think all of the regular riding she got helped strengthen everything in general. She was on about 50 acres of hilly pasture which may or may not have had something to do with it.
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:00:32 -0800 > Subject: Re: [RC] coon-footed > From: greymare56@xxxxxxxxx > To: merryben@xxxxxxxx > CC: lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Very interesting.... > > I just started trimming a poor little rescue filly (coming age 2), > that was on a feed lot in Nevada and a client of mine . Talk about > coon-footed, AND badly toed out. > Apparently, in the feed lot, she had very long, "elf" feet...and got > some of that excess toe whacked off before the adopter picked her up.. > > Went out to trim her about 4 weeks ago.....was very dismayed at angle > and flex of pasterns.....as was owner who had not been told of this. > did a basic trim where toe was backed up as far as possible without > making her sore and as she was high on the lateral walls on her > fronts, I took some excess wall down there..... > > Filly has room to move and wander. > > Saw her 3 weeks later and absolutley could not believe how much she > had straightened up....angles better, legs looked stronger > .....everything moving in right direction. Even moving straighter in > front... > > Before we had no real hope this could be helped...but even after one > trim the results were astounding....with regular trimming to move > breakover back and enough movement at liberty....there is hope she may > be not only comfortable but even rideable. > > My disclaimer is that, again, this is a young horse that is growing.... > > Karen > > On 1/29/10, Maryben Stover <merryben@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Someone posted this: Ok, so I now know coon-footedness generally spells > > doom. > > > > > > > > Not if you are Rushcreek Q-Ball. She had thousands of miles and was one of > > the most coon > > footed horse I had seen. My farrier was appalled that I was even going to > > ride her, let alone > > endurance ride her. She was the best horse I ever had I think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- mb -- > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/
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