amzy
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Would a horse with cow hocks put you off buying? Horse is to be used for hacking and is 12 years old. I will get the horse vetted but just wondered what you thought.
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beth_straw
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I wouldnt say no, my best showjumper is very cow hocked, she has no big problems, she just brushes occationally behind.
As long as the vet thinks its fine, its all good!
good luck for the vetting
As long as the vet thinks its fine, its all good!
good luck for the vetting
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
Depends on the breed, Clydesdales were bred to be cow hocked, and I am informed are sometimes still shod up as youngster with caulkin and feather shoes to encourage them to be even more cow hocked.
amzy
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Do you know why they are bred to be cow-hocked?
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
The theory is/was that this allowed them to use their stength better in heavy ground when pulling into a collar for farm work(at least that is my understanding of it, I may be wrong) The idea of shoeing them up with the caulkin and feather shoes is very strange and cannot be a good thing
cellie
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My tb is cow hocked but had a fantstic jump on him poorly at the moment so no jumping but I wouldnt let it put you off.
hellybelly6
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Clydes were bread to have cow hocks so they would fit into the farrows when they were ploughing/seeding a field. The calkin shoes are nasty as they are put onto youngsters to encourage this trait for 'showing' purposes.
My horse is a clydey x and has terrible cow hocks due to his breeding. Cow hocks can predispose to bone spavin, which my horse had at the age of 11, but he did have a hard life before I got him.
Cow hocks would not put me off, but I would be aware of them and work the horse accordingly. Hacking would be fine as would like schooling. I ride my horse in a pair of brushing boots at the back as cow hocks can also predispose to brushing.
My horse is a clydey x and has terrible cow hocks due to his breeding. Cow hocks can predispose to bone spavin, which my horse had at the age of 11, but he did have a hard life before I got him.
Cow hocks would not put me off, but I would be aware of them and work the horse accordingly. Hacking would be fine as would like schooling. I ride my horse in a pair of brushing boots at the back as cow hocks can also predispose to brushing.