pigeon toes on horses

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Ive looked at a horse today and it was perfect. but the only problem is i noticed it has a pigeon toe on her left front leg. she is perfect to ride and you wouldnt notice she had it, but im worried if this will affect her? The owner has had her for 4 years and it has never been lame or sorry. any help please?
 
Does she dish with that leg? I always thought that it was better to have the entire leg rotated than to have it partially rotated (ie. below the knee or the pastern/hoof). I'd be a bit concerned about it tbh. But it really depends what you want to horse for. If only pleasure rides then it probably is not a big deal. If it is for eventing then it would be a problem.
 
A good farrier can work on this with time, so it is not so pronounced, unless the pastern bone is crooked, pigeon toes is normally de to bad farriery work.
 
My mare is 13 and is probably what is classed as badly pigeon toed (both legs). She weaves as well which apparently is common in pt horses according to my back lady. My mare hasn't had a day lame because of this and she jumps, dressages, hacks and hunts :)
 
I used to loan a mare that had a very obvious pigeon toe, she never had a lame day and is about 18 years old now. She was used for a bit of everything, long distance rides and used to be worked very regularly when in a riding school too. We didn't try to "fix" it as she wasn't broken!
 
My horse is upright and pigeon-toed I would say. He's competed since the age of 4 and us now 22 and still going strong! :-) Funnily he is also one to weave!
 
My old lady is quite severely pigeon toed from the knee down , she's 24 and it's never stopped her competing or enjoying life however the only problem we've had is that since a bad laminitis attack her pedal bones have gone sideways with her pigeon toedness, medial lateral imbalance, which is actually sorting out slightly now she's barefoot.
 
Mine is in both fronts, one from the knee and one just the toe. My farrier had done a great job even though we have not 'done' anything to correct them. She is never sick or sorry and did a couple of seasons doing endurance with mo lameness issues at all.
 
My boy is on both fronts. Hunts, jumps, does dressage, hacks and never had a day lame. In fact he has a couple of other iffy conformation faults which don't affect him either.
 
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