Barefoot hoof porn - what caused this then?

[cptrayes]

Aargh! The suspense is killing me!

Sorry

 

[twiggy2]

hard feed, clipping, stabling, change of field, haylage/hayintroduced in to diet?

starting fast work?

if it is non of them I give up.

 

[pines of rome]

Saddle fit out, causing him to compensate?

 

[doriangrey]

Interesting. I do like these hoof threads, they are fun even though I clearly have no clue

Oh, just seen your post about being embarrassed. Is he compensating for your riding, had you an injury that was causing you to ride unevenly perhaps? Please forgive if that's not the case as I'm taking wild guesses now!

 

[cptrayes]

Saddle fit out, causing him to compensate?

No, good thought though.

 

[cptrayes]

hard feed, clipping, stabling, change of field, haylage/hayintroduced in to diet?

starting fast work?

if it is non of them I give up.

No, admit defeat then??

 

[amandap]

Hint:

I may be embarrassed to tell you

Rofl! My mind is boggled at that hint.

 

[cptrayes]

Interesting. I do like these hoof threads, they are fun even though I clearly have no clue

Oh, just seen your post about being embarrassed. Is he compensating for your riding, had you an injury that was causing you to ride unevenly perhaps? Please forgive if that's not the case as I'm taking wild guesses now!

No, riding was equally as useless all the time

Rofl! My mind is boggled at that hint.

Can you share? Bear in mind it's before the watershed

 

[spookypony]

A sudden incidence of dressage tests, causing even more focus on straighness and engagement of the hindquarters? (Scraping the bottom of the barrel here.)

 

[cptrayes]

A sudden incidence of dressage tests, causing even more focus on straighness and engagement of the hindquarters? (Scraping the bottom of the barrel here.)

You don't know how funny that is, I can tell you! I've never met a horse with such disdain for schooling, and after four years I still haven't managed to persuade him that he would enjoy it. He simply lives to jump, and he'll jump anything at all in his path, he's awesome! He'd put arsenic in my tea or something if I took him to a dressage competition instead of a hunt

The second, higher, ring is unconnected to the first.

 

[doriangrey]

Anything to do with his bridle?

 

[cptrayes]

Hint:

When is flare not flare?

 

[cptrayes]

Hint:

When is flare not flare?

 

[be positive]

Using the same route for exercise each day for a while, possibly forgetting to change diagonal when trotting.

 

[amandap]

Can you share? Bear in mind it's before the watershed

Lol! Leaving your hormones and alcohol aside then, you fell off or (dare I say it?) you trimmed him!

 

[doriangrey]

Over-trimming?

 

[cptrayes]

Using the same route for exercise each day for a while, possibly forgetting to change diagonal when trotting.

Full marks for creative, none for correctness

 

[cptrayes]

Lol! Leaving your hormones and alcohol aside then, you fell off or (dare I say it?) you trimmed him!

Over-trimming?

Yeahhhhhh!!!

One day I decided to make his foot look prettier by trimming off the remaining flare that I thought was going to go anyway. Mistake!! He grew it back in double quick time, with the ring to remind me what a berk I'd been

 

[amandap]

Ha! I don't like white chocolate! lol

 

[doriangrey]

Sends a virtual high-five to amandap!

 

[twiggy2]

hurrah, well done amandap

 

[cptrayes]

So the full story is that I bought him as a six year old who had been backed at five and turned away for another year. At six, he was the most one sided horse I have ever ridden who was not actually unsound. He has even muscle development, but he simply did not move straight and would not carry my left seat bone.

In response to this movement, he grows a flange/extension on the outside of that one foot only. The more he is worked, the straighter he is, and the smaller the flange gets. At the end of a hunting season it's all but gone, but it returns with a vengeance when he is laid off.

So I brought him into work in August to get fit for the new season in September, and he did a lot of work with a straighter body but the foot was still adapted to being bent in the body. The forces that put on the extension caused the first ripple.

Then for some mad reason I decided two months ago to tidy up the extension, thinking that it would be reducing soon anyway. It was clearly a mistake, since the second ring appeared when he went overboard producing foot to put it back again.

Now I don't know about you, but I think that's fascinating.

 

[cptrayes]

Ha! I don't like white chocolate! lol

Oh good, more for me

Well done

 

[amandap]

Others got it/parts right as well. I needed lots of prompts! lol Lets all share some choc/alc and some Malibu truffles.

 

[cptrayes]

Malibu truffles? I'd rather poke a red hot needle in my eyes

 

[amandap]

Some people have no taste!

Yes very interesting and fascinating CPT.

 

[pistolpete]

Gosh, he sounds like you are describing my horse, 'right bend??? are you sure Mum I can go round to the right with my head all the way round to the left look!' The less my horse works the wonkier he always seemed. Did have two very flared hind feet until I had him shod behind three years ago . Off to Rockley on Sunday (Yippee!) for Nic to undo all my mistakes and work her magic!

 

[cptrayes]

For the first six months the only way not to end up with saddle swung off to the left when on a right rein was to have his head out to the left.

His diagonal opposite front foot was very asymmetric too, but that's straight now.

Mine was barn reared in winter and hadn't got a lot of movement when he was young, I don't think. Do you know what caused yours?

 

[doriangrey]

Very interesting and fascinating especially when you can see the reasoning and knowledge behind it. But chocolate - ugh! No reasoning behind that!

 

[cptrayes]

But chocolate - ugh! No reasoning behind that!

Go on, admit it, you're just not human, are you ???