Comments on these front legs? Are they okay?

[Spyda]

In a horse just turned 2?

 

[sandr]

I am by no means an expert AT ALL, but the first thing that struck me where the knee's

 

[Spyda]

Okay.... in what way?

 

[meardsall_millie]

I'm assuming it's just than angle of the photo that makes them lean to the right?

 

[jnet]

Look ok to me for a horse thats still growing, big knees, long pasterns, they'll even out, why, are you worried?

 

[Spyda]

Well, I've got one with offset knees so worry about the rest!

 

[Spyda]

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I'm assuming it's just than angle of the photo that makes them lean to the right?

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Yes, sorry about the crummy angle. For some reason my mobile phone make it almost impossible to take a straight picture using it! Forgot to take my digital camera with me tonight.

 

[Kallibear]

Angles not great to tell much about the joints, but the feet look long and unbalanced

 

[sallyf]

I would say have the horses feet trimmed as they look long then stand him/her up straight on flat concrete and then have a look as nearly impossible to tell anything for certain from those pictures.

 

[only_me]

I thought big flat knees where a good thing?

 

[Cuffey]

As above stand on concrete
Hold plumb line in front
On pics above I would expect splints to form on off side fore but I bought horse with splints on both front legs at age 3 he is now 19, has XC on all sorts of ground conditions and never had a problem.

 

[Spyda]

I thought the offside knee was a little offset from the centre of the knee? Nearside looks better to me. Expect it'll be clearer to see once the farrier's been and its standing in the yard.