Bit of fun - what do you think these are for?

[icestationzebra]

Thoughts?

 

[piebaldsparkle]

To lift the heels?

 

[MillionDollar]

Never seen ones like that before!

No idea TBH, but for grip? Or for heel support?

 

[Brontie]

Stop it getting VERY muddy?

 

[Bossanova]

Raise the heels up for ligament support?

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

Go Faster Strips

 

[kerilli]

to slightly alleviate heel pressure?
seems very strange tbh!

 

[Super_Kat]

To give a slightly larger weight-bearing area for the heels?

 

[SpottedCat]

So you can follow the tracks and find your horse?!

 

[RachelB]

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Go Faster Strips

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I'll go with that, lmao!!

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

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So you can follow the tracks and find your horse?!


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[Eaglestone]

Really super dupa road nails to stop him slipping????

 

[kirstyhen]

Are they heel lifts but with grooves cut into them so the extra metal doesnt add to much extra weight?
We did shoeing in a module last year and i have seen some very elaborate shoes, all done by the therapy centre farrier to correct one problem or another!

 

[LeneHorse]

shoes for a zebra (stripey)!

 

[Atira]

Trendy shoes........for a trendy horse..........(or zebra-lol)

 

[Happy2Hack]

To raise the heels? Two of my neds have shoes like that (without the grooves though!) for bone spavin.

 

[skewbaldpony]

Scanning horse with bar code reader?

 

[flowerlady]

TRENDY HIGH HEELS FOR HORSES. LOL

 

[apkelly01]

Traction???

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

C'MON!!!! TELL!!!!

 

[Abbeygale]

C'mon - spill the beans - the suspense is killing me!

 

[icestationzebra]

These shoes have been designed for a horse with the early stages of Arthritis. The horse is in light work and this is mainly roadwork hacking. She has always been heavy on her shoes so has a slightly thicker shoe to counteract this. The heels are raised to offer some relief to her joints and the ridges are to help her grip on the road as road nails are a bit jarring for her. Will be interesting to see how she gets on with them. The raised heels (had a previous set on for 4 weeks) have already helped and she is striding out better with less warm up.
Note: This horse is not lame but this remedial shoeing is to try and prolong her working life. I thought it was fascinating and the farrier was quite pleased with himself