Dishing - how much of an issue it it?

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cariadbach10

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Hello everyone! I'm new on here - based down in South West and on the hunt for a new neddie at the moment, so have been reading all the posts about buying and selling wih great interest.
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I'm interested in having an arab for hacking and generally endurance. After the perfect gelding being snatched from under my nose I contacted the breeder and she has his half brother. He is eight, 15hh and has hunted. Sound perfect - apart from the fact that he dishes.She wants £2500 for him.
What are everyone's opinions on dishing? Is he worth it?
 
It depends in part on how serious you are about the endurance and what distances you plan to do. Ordinarily dishing would not worry me at all, as long as it isn't really excessive, but if you plan the really long rides your horse needs to be as perfect as possible in order to cope.
 
A friend of mine tried a horse recently that dished and she asked the advice of her vet (Royal Vet College) and was told that if the foot landed flat to the ground this was good, also this horse was older so the fact that it had got to this age with no problems was a good thing.
 
Ginga dishes a little, never cause him any problems, we accept we will never get 8's for paces but he is immense. I recently did a 24 mile ride on Ginga, (he is a 13.2 cobby welsh) and he came back looking the least tried out of all the big horses we saw. I expect unless your planning on doing really long endurance (like 50KM) then it won't cause a problem.
 
My Welsh D X dishes slightly, i think it looks nice on cobs!!!
It wouldnt put me off as long as they passed a vetting and were 100% sound.
Good luck horse hunting LOL

Sophie xxx
 
When I bought my boy he dished a lot ( as a 4yo) it was my major worry at the vetting. He even had a couple of splints as a result. The vet was not too worried though. I had a different farrier to his original one and it was amazing how much the dishing improved after just a couple of sets shortening his toe and rebalancing the foot. He also improved after some strenhgthening work in the school. Now he just has a very slight dish, the splints have gone down and neither (touch wood) have caused him a problem in the last 4 years. Might be worth asking vet / farrier wether they think it will be a problem. As per other post the angle at which foot lands, and how straight the limb is are also important. Hope the horse works out for you.
 
Hi,
I would say the smaller the dish the better to be honest. Also make sure the horse dishes evenly with both legs. I had a horse which dished with just one - it usually indicates a fairly major balance problem!

Watch the horse trot towards you, away from you and past you. If it's legs look like they move relatively normally from the side it's probably not so bad.

Bear in mind that although he's 8, shoeing can still help to correct the movement.

Good luck with the horse hunting
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