Riding and long hooves

[ycbm]

his feet were starting to get clubbed and needed the shoe

I'd be interested to hear your farrier's explanation of how nailing a shoe which will not expand helps prevent a foot from becoming clubbed.
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[ycbm]

Two vets saw him in July and didn't have anything to say about the shoeing

Unfortunately very typical of many vets until the horse goes lame.
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[Michen]

No comment on the feet but Op when my horse was similarly overdue earlier this summer I rode only on a surface until they were done.

 

[paddy555]

So you're not an expert but you're telling me from two photos that the hoof is out of balance?
I know that know people will come and say that you're right, this forums love too much to say that you're horse is broken and to put to sleep just from one photo.

why bother to ask if you are going to object to the answers. If it was me I wouldn't ride until the feet were sorted and I would get a better farrier plus a lot shorter shoeing intervals.

Personally I wouldn't put the horse to sleep ATM.

Rather than make rude comments on here why not educate yourself about feet and then you wouldn't need to be rude to the people trying to help you.
Forget worrying about it being overgrown at the sides, try looking at the back of the foot (heel area) and see how that is functioning.
Look at the new wall coming down from the coronary band and see where the hoof actually should be. Look at the bone structure. The pedal bone and long and short pastern bones and see how they line up.

When you are satisfied they are all good then perhaps come back and be rude.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Everybody on here knows that I went through my own road to Hell when I moved house and had to change farrier. The new farrier changed the shape of my horse's hooves and I was worried so I asked more than one vet about it. It was only vet number three that agreed that there was an issue.

I would not be happy with your horse's hoof shape.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Two vets saw him in July and didn't have anything to say about the shoeing

Were they asked about the shoeing/feet?

I'm sorry but my first thought when I saw the photo was 'Oh dear, I don't like the shape of that'. The toe has grown forward and the foot looks boxy imo. I would ask for a 2nd farrier opinion.

 

[HelenBack]

I agree with all of the comments but I am wondering if the OP is not from the UK and that is partly why they are surprised that everybody is saying there is a problem with the feet. When I've been on holiday in certain countries and seen local horses I've often looked at their feet (how sad is that?!) and been appalled at the state of them. If that's the norm and the standard of farriery is generally low across all horses then I guess it could be difficult for people to see and understand that there's a problem. Not that this excuses any rudeness but if that's all you know and your vet and farrier are telling you everything is fine then I guess it can be hard to hear that really it isn't.

 

[sbloom]

No comment on the feet but Op when my horse was similarly overdue earlier this summer I rode only on a surface until they were done.

This was what I was going to say...if the only problem was slightly long toes overdue for a trim. These feet are getting narrower and more underrun with the new growth and I would expect a significant lack of hoof/heel function.

OP there is a real issue out there with people not knowing what a good hoof looks like. This includes people from all areas of horsey life sadly, including some farriers and even vets don't always see the finer detail, just as they're not always brilliant at equine diets. Check out "digital cushion", "underrun heels", "hoof palmar angle" for starters.