marioforever
Well-Known Member
I bought a 5 year old mare who I had known since she was 3, and she is now 7. Up until 9 months ago she was barefoot and had never had her feet trimmed. Her hooves never grew long, never cracked and she seemed fine as mainly used in the arena and just did a bit of jumping on grass and minimal road and track work. Seemed okay on reasonably stony ground too. Unfortunately she got an inflammed suspensory injury on a foreleg from over extending jumping and I was advised to have egg bar shoes on her to take the strain off the ligament she has strained. She has been rescanned and it all looks good and I am bringing her back into work slowly. She now had PLR shoes on with slight wedges at the heel. I am not very happy having shoes on her as I think they may do more harm than good. I would like to go back to barefoot but the two vets I have seen dont seem keen. Also, if I do take her shoes off should I have her trimmed or just leave her as her feet never get long. Do I use farrier or barefoot trimmer if she should be trimmed. Am worried and dont want to make the wrong decision. WWYD please.