Dishing

[Laura.Smith]

So I just bought a lovely yearling, bred to show with impeccable lines. I’ve just noticed she very slightly dishes, it’s hardly noticeable but nevertheless she does it :’( gutted is an understatement. Her nearside fore is slightly toe out, farrier is not concerned but does not want to mess with it and I totally agree and support that.

I would like to know if I will get laughed out of the ring showing at local level while she’s a baby?

Once broken I’m hoping to do Dressage with her, with hopes of getting up to Med/Adv-Med in many years time of course, maybe further if we can. Will the very slight dish affect her in that respect?

Does anyone have any success stories of long living, sound, successful ponies with a very minor dish? (I can’t stress enough how minor hers is)

A little broken hearted as she seemed so perfect, she’s a beautiful pony!

Thanks for reading.

 

[rabatsa]

ly the dish is flight path only and the hoof lands true then I do not see any long term problems. Your youngster may even grow out of it.

 

[little_critter]

I've also heard of them growing out of it.
My boy dishes, he was destined for the show ring but didn't make it. I'm certain that if he didn't dish, I wouldn't have been able to buy him. He passed a 5 stage vetting with no issues.
I don't notice the dish until I go to a venue with mirrors!

 

[be positive]

They do often grow out of it, my big IDx event horse dished when I bought him as a 5 year old, he was sound through his eventing career, then did a few WH classes where I expected the dishing, by then less obvious, to be an issue but he won every class as a novice, also several flat classes and championships at a reasonable level, he retired from competing sound having been lame just once in over 10 years of fairly hard work, an abscess.
I would rather they moved straight but if the only issue is slight dishing then there is no reason to think it will hold her back in any way, it certainly will not have a bearing on a dressage career.

 

[TheMule]

Local level showing you'll be fine.
If she we’re mine I would try to get some slow mo of her walking and trotting to look at foot placement. A dish doesn’t worry me so long as the foot hits the floor square but a turned out toe may complicate things slightly and I would want a vet opinion on it as now is the time to look at making changes.

 

[Amirah]

I had a youngster which improved greatly with age. Pippa Funnell's Supreme Rock was a disher, it didn't seem to hold him back and he lived to the age of 25, which is not a bad age for a high mileage Badminton winning 16.3. Hope this cheers you up, there is no perfect pony (apart from that fictional one in the "Jill" books ?).

 

[Laura.Smith]

Thank you for the positive responses, much appreciated. She’s having vaccs done next month so I’ll get the vet to check her too