Re: RC: re: Stride Length

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/99 10:40:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, CMKSAGEHIL 
writes:

<< As for the length of stride if the horse is shod naturally/properly, there 
is still a lot of difference between horses, and just from my experience as a 
grunt in the field for many years, I'd say that the horses that take off 
"big" and land hard have the biggest problem--and stride length combined with 
those traits has been a selection factor in the Arab show ring, and has 
carried over as somehow being "desirable" in our sport.  The "daisy-cutters" 
tend to stay sound, as do those with shorter stride lengths, provided they 
aren't real pile-drivers.
 
 Heidi >>


I remember Pratt showing me a film/video of a normal hoof flight where the 
foot kind of nodded up and down, but then came down heel first--as normal 
flight. And then another movie where the foot wobbled once too often, or a 
half a time too often, and came down toe first. At the trot, a stubmle, at 
the gallop, a broken leg. 

ti


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