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I wish you'd explain this to the hundreds of Thoroughbreds we put over our
treadmills each year for diagnostic purposes. We use slo-mo videos to see
exactly what happens with changes in hoof trimming. It ain't as simple as
matching hoof to pastern angles, Bonnie.
>>The squared or rolled toe with ease or speed up break over.>> Yes.
> This is nature's way.Horses didn't evolve wearing shoes protecting their
toes from wear.> Careful. They didn't eveolve carrying a human 50 miles in a
day or one mile in 1:33.
>> That's why a horses toe wall is thicker than anywhere else on the foot.
It's
because it's normal for this wall to wear back. >>
This is interesting. One thing we noted with the World Racing Plate, which
has a squared toe, was that there was a major buildup of hoof wall (2-3
months into wearing the shoes) from the coronary to the shoe over the squared
section of the foot.
In standardbreds, one way to know if you're soeing with too high an angle for
the horse is that the toes will get sore--white lines turning pink, or sand
cracks in the toe. This tells me that higher angles put extra stress on the
toe. I think squared toes do the same, but have no proof to offer.
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