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Hi there,
I am in the market for a new horse to school up with the intention of doing a bit of everything. Ideally I want a horse capable of jumping around 1.10m. A horse I recently looked at ticks all the boxes but dishes. He has just turned 4, so am wondering if it is an issue that can be corrected with strengthening and age? Can remedial shoeing help? I am worried about soundness in the future, not so much the aesthetics. I read somewhere that if the hoof comes back to the ground flat without twisting it is less of an issue? I have attached a link to a video of the horse trotting. It is less noticeable in canter. He is pretty much unschooled and has recently been broken in. I really want to buy him but don't want him to be lame in a few years! Any help/advice would be much appreciated!!

Video Link: http://youtu.be/1SylMFBSUc0

Thanks,
Stacey
 
My 4yr old had a slight dish on 1 leg but he sorted himself out with some decent hind end muscle and learning how to carry himself and balance with a rider. He did however end up with a couple of small medial splints and then a whole host of other problems and I will never know if the slight dish was a very early sign of that and whether because it was happening from an early age if this put stress on his body in initially unnoticeable ways that then gave me rather large vet bills. I have to say the dishing on the horse in the video seems quite extreme, I probably wouldn't go there but he does seem a lovely person and I bought my horse for exactly that reason, I'd be quite worried about early stress on his joints whilst still growing with such an extravagent dish!
 
That is quite a dish :-0

My very low mileage six year has a dish on both fronts and is pidgeon toed on one front. He has already got detectable stress on that fetlock joint.... And he doesnt dish as much as yours.

Having said that i wouldnt change him for the world, hes the nicest horse ive ever met.
 
I have recently transitioned my boy to barefoot. One of the unexpected benefits has been that his dish has really reduced and is much less noticeable than it was. That said, my boys dish was never as pronounced as the chap in the video to start with. Good luck with whatever you decide.
 
Stacey that dish is so severe that you will never cure it. The horse's joints aren't straight and it will be under much more strain than a straight horse. If you want a horse to jump 1m 10, keep looking.
 
I came on expecting to say go for it, my best horse dished but stayed totally sound his whole life, competing at BE novice, sj Newcomers and was a successful WH but he had extremely good conformation otherwise and did become straighter as he became more educated, the horse in the video is so bad I agree with the others above who say look elsewhere.
 
ycbm said:
Stacey that dish is so severe that you will never cure it. The horse's joints aren't straight and it will be under much more strain than a straight horse. If you want a horse to jump 1m 10, keep looking.
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^^ This (ten times over)!
Walk away, horses are hard enough to keep sound without starting with a problem...
 
be positive said:
I came on expecting to say go for it, my best horse dished but stayed totally sound his whole life, competing at BE novice, sj Newcomers and was a successful WH but he had extremely good conformation otherwise and did become straighter as he became more educated, the horse in the video is so bad I agree with the others above who say look elsewhere.
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This definitely, shame as looks quite a useful type of horse.
 
ycbm said:
Stacey that dish is so severe that you will never cure it. The horse's joints aren't straight and it will be under much more strain than a straight horse. If you want a horse to jump 1m 10, keep looking.
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I also agree, sorry.

Before I watched the video I was going to say that dishing wouldn't bother me in the slightest, however now I have watched the video I would recommend you to look elsewhere.
 
My horse dishes on one front leg and I spoke to my farrier about remedial shoes. He said he'd never heard of dishing being improved with special shoes.
With regard to the horse you are considering, I'm afraid I would walk away. There are plenty of better movers out there.
 
Thanks everyone for you advice! I think I already new what the outcome would be, just didn't want to believe it as he is the horse I am looking for in every other way! The search continues I guess!
 
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