Barefoot hoof porn - what caused this then?

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This is a picture of the left hind of the horse I keep mainly to drag hunt. He is perfectly sound. Three and a half of his feet are completely ripple free. This left hind has two distinct ripples in it.

What caused them?

Hint:

The underlying reason for the ripples is the same but the cause of each one is different.

You can assume that since only one half of one foot is affected, that it ate the same as the rest of him :)

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Lindt white chocolate balls to anyone who guesses all three parts correctly.



ps no, he's not bullnosed, it's a trick of the camera angle.
 
No real idea but I suspect some sort of imbalance either in the hoof or from a body issue or way of going.
I always show myself up on these types of threads! Hey ho, I'm always game though! lol
 
The only time I've seen rippling on one hoof only is on my mare who was diagnosed with laminitis in her off fore when she arrived, so it is entirely possible for feeding to affect only one hoof :)

But I'm going to guess surgery or periods spent on haylage, so we can get those two ruled out.
 
amandap said:
No real idea but I suspect some sort of imbalance either in the hoof or from a body issue or way of going.
I always show myself up on these types of threads! Hey ho, I'm always game though! lol
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That's my underlying cause, events guesses are worming, vaccination, change of something such as a move, work, tack or herd mate... :cool: lol
 
If it's located only on one side of one hoof I would think that it is a weakness specific to that area, so diet wouldn't be my thought, and if it isn't direct trauma some sort of bacterial process/white line problem?
 
Could it be imbalance or infection or even a knock? Because it's just half a hoof I'm thinking along the lines of injury that has disrupted/imbalanced hoof growth?
 
amandap said:
No real idea but I suspect some sort of imbalance either in the hoof or from a body issue or way of going.
I always show myself up on these types of threads! Hey ho, I'm always game though! lol
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Spot on for the primary cause. Well done! Now, caused the actual lines on those two occasions

Hint:

The horse is a hunter.
 
Dunlin said:
Could it be imbalance or infection or even a knock? Because it's just half a hoof I'm thinking along the lines of injury that has disrupted/imbalanced hoof growth?
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Hoof growth was imbalanced but not by a knock or any injury. So .... by what then??????
 
fattylumpkin said:
The only time I've seen rippling on one hoof only is on my mare who was diagnosed with laminitis in her off fore when she arrived, so it is entirely possible for feeding to affect only one hoof :)

But I'm going to guess surgery or periods spent on haylage, so we can get those two ruled out.
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Nope. Remember this is one side of one foot only.
 
doriangrey said:
If it's located only on one side of one hoof I would think that it is a weakness specific to that area, so diet wouldn't be my thought, and if it isn't direct trauma some sort of bacterial process/white line problem?
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The underlying issue is not in the foot or the leg and the horse is totally sound .

Isn't this fun :) :) :) ???
 
the horses natural movement and the surface that was being worked on?

for example; my mare wears the outside of her hinds far more than the inside and when she does lots of road work the camber of the road affects one hind more than the other so affects her way of going until the growth is regenerated, could this be causing uneven weight loading fora period of time and therefore affecting the growth and producing rings???
 
cptrayes said:
Spot on for the primary cause. Well done! Now, caused the actual lines on those two occasions

Hint:

The horse is a hunter.
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Assuming diet is excluded (could be extra feed for the season?), perhaps two hunts on difficult terrain or just hard hunts? Tbh, I don't know! lol Start and finish of the season is my last guess.
 
twiggy2 said:
the horses natural movement and the surface that was being worked on?

for example; my mare wears the outside of her hinds far more than the inside and when she does lots of road work the camber of the road affects one hind more than the other so affects her way of going until the growth is regenerated, could this be causing uneven weight loading fora period of time and therefore affecting the growth and producing rings???
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Not the surface, but the horse was bought as an unbroken six year old and was the most one-sided sound horse I have personally ever come across.

Hint:

'was' not 'is'
 
amandap said:
Assuming diet is excluded (could be extra feed for the season?), perhaps two hunts on difficult terrain or just hard hunts? Tbh, I don't know! lol Start and finish of the season is my last guess.
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Oh very warm!!

First line nearest the bottom of the foot is getting fit for the start of the season.

Now what's the second one?
 
twiggy2 said:
my mare moves more evenly when she is fit and well muscled but still does not land evenly on her hinds its just more even
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Exactly!

The more he is ridden, the straighter he moves. When laid off at the end of the season he goes crooked again. So the first line was a sudden straightening in his movement caused by a rapid increase in workload, which brought him straight when his foot still had a flange on it which is his adaptation to his body not being straight.
 
twiggy2 said:
turning away at end of season?
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Timing is wrong twiggy. Bottom line is 3 -4 months. Line above it 2 - 3 months ago.

He has been off work due to a punctured sole but this is not connected. The higher line is not due to changes in work, so what was it ???????


Hint:

I may be embarrassed to tell you :)
 
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