Never been so disguisted in my life

Ladyinred said:
Exactly. YOU can post how YOU like and no one usually pulls you up for it. Now you have to learn to extend that courtesy to other posters instead of criticising them or you are in danger of being called a hypocrite.
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LOL - absolutely - in fact, if OP had been typing in their own language (Shelta) none of us would have probably understood. Lets all try to be more "giving". This forum unfortunately has a very bad name now for being every type of ism - spoilt by the few but loved by the many ;-)
 
I never venture onto here but friend told me about some photos of some cracking cobs.

I haven't read any of the replies and just skimmed the thread for photos and wanted to say to teh OH - THEY ARE LOVELY :)

Really really lovely :)
 
gorgeous horses :) my first pony looked just like the black one :), you can tell they are very well cared for so all credit to you :), I believe theres good and bad in every religion/belief, i find that people with a lot of money buy horses but dont have the time, time means more than money :). I used to get a lot of grief from other snobby horse owners as my mare has sarcoids and i show jump ..how dare i :eek::D the vet has confirmed that she isnt in pain with them and they have been treated so stuff all those people :) x
 
jhoward said:
watch some vids on you tube of the action and how the hoof meets the road.. as lee says they would have no foot by the end of even a jog.
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Because of my own experience with what barefoot horses can do, I don't believe that is true. We will have to agree to differ.
 
Wow, I have never seen a moustache like that before!!!

Welcome to the forum Rileyboy. We have a lot of settled travellers round us and their properties are immaculate, far tidier than most of the non-travelling neighbours. Their horses all look fit and well and we often see them being driven round the area (never seen any being trotted fast)
 
I read a fair amount of research a while back on cantering on tarmac, which came out that it was kinder on a horses joints than trotting. It wasn't about hooves at all from recollection but I should imagine that a calm canter is much kinder than a flat out trot on the body.
Ultimately it comes down to knowing your horse and monitoring as to whether shoes are needed or not. I'm always in favour of unshod where possible but would shoe if needed too. Luckily ohs father is a farrier who likes leaving shoes off if possible (he has a mixture of both) so know that he will shoe or not for the horse not the owner
 
Riley heres The stallion in action about a week ago.

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