Are pigeon toed horses clumsy?

[Spyda]

Serious question!

As in, more likely to trip over their own front feet especially going uneven ground, as well as not being very good at clearing trotting poles, etc?

Just wondered

 

[Goldenstar]

Not in my experiance .

 

[Angua2]

Not in my experiance .

or mine

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

Most of the pigeon toed horses I've known have been more sure-footed than others? Never had a problem. If a horse is clumsy, I would look elsewhere for the cause.

 

[Spyda]

Most of the pigeon toed horses I've known have been more sure-footed than others? Never had a problem. If a horse is clumsy, I would look elsewhere for the cause.

Okey doke! It's a still unfit youngster so I expect I can put her 'clumsiness' down to just that, then. Mind you, even working loose in the menage she simply falls over poles. Or even a single pole. Don't think she'll be making a showjumper any time soon. Hacking out this morning she seemed to have trouble negotiating uneven muddy tracks; tripping over her own front feet several times. Not very reassuring

 

[Oberon]

Are her hooves long? Is she restricted through her back?

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

Okey doke! It's a still unfit youngster so I expect I can put her 'clumsiness' down to just that, then. Mind you, even working loose in the menage she simply falls over poles. Or even a single pole. Don't think she'll be making a showjumper any time soon. Hacking out this morning she seemed to have trouble negotiating uneven muddy tracks; tripping over her own front feet several times. Not very reassuring

Would definitely be looking to other things - Like Oberon suggests, the length of hooves/restriction in the back, shoulders etc. won't help. How is she to back up from the ground?

 

[Copperpot]

My OH had a pigeon toed horse and he was sure footed. Didn't trip, stumble etc.

 

[Grumpy Jewel]

Mine is pigeon toed in both legs but one leg more so as the leg twists in from the knee slightly and she clears up 3' quite happily (happily used in the sense of 'if I really must'). She rarely trips of slips and trots through a set of up to 20 poles usually without making a sound.

 

[Natz88]

My haffy is slightly pigeon toed & I have never had problems if anything he picks his feet up better than my others who aren't