Slipping, skidding & sliding ALL THE TIME!!

[K9Wendy]

Would you be concerned? Bee is 5yrs old, TB/X 15.2hh mare, unknown history prior to June 05. She has always been a bit 'footless' as we call it, especially when being lead. She wears shoes.

Outside on the yard there is a gentle slope down to the stables, regularly she will skid with her back feet, sometimes to the point she almost sits down (has on one occassion). Inside the stables the floors are concrete and a bit shiny, she has fallen right down twice, once a horse nipped at her as she passed and she moved so fast her back end just went under her and she fell down. Same thing happened last night always at a simple walk. If turning a corner she skids and slids too.

When ridden she have very elevated paces, but it has taken months of hard work and schooling, when we got her she tripped all the time with any foot. We put it down to long feet, unbalanced & not listening. Now the slipping only happens when being lead.

So would you be concerned?

 

[Beanyowner]

I'd say it was a young horse, unbalanced possibly with long feet...do you have road nails put in her shoes?? this would probably help her to stop sliding slightly although some people do say that this causes a horse to become lazy as they no longer have to hold themselves up...but I don't know...you got to do whats best for the horse at the end of the day...perhaps try some road nails and see how she goes...ask the farrier to put them in for you...will cost about £2-4 on top you regular farriery bill.

 

[samp]

My mare slips alot, she is quite upright in the hock! And also when the shoes have been on for over 4 weeks tend to slide etc. We uise road pins and these have helped

 

[dixie]

I would be concerned that she was going to hurt herself but not anything else. I would also try road studs. Can you also put rubber in the stables where she has to stand on the concrete, doesn't cost too much for one or two pieces.

 

[K9Wendy]

Thanks everyone, I will try the road nails, she has great feet now, took about 9 months to correct her long feet and previously bad shoeing. She is on rubber matting, she just has problems with the corridors (American style barn) and the concrete outside. Think maybe it is still a baby thing!! Hoping it is!!

 

[Louby]

My boys similar, we have road nails on the back as without, he'd lose his backend if you know what I mean. He even slides on the level concrete outside his stable. He has a good walk and I think that doesnt help on concrete/tarmac surfaces.

 

[Fiona]

Does she have a good overtrack when she walks??
My welshie does, and he will occasionally slip with his back feet (easiest way to describe is that he puts his back foot down, and it slides on forward rather than going down flat). He will slip this way sometimes on smooth concrete or even on some types of tarmac.
Only happens occasionally, and has never resulted in any injury, so just put it down to the way he walks and the angle he puts his back feet down.
Not sure if this helps at all??
Fiona

 

[AmyMay]

It sounds as if that stretch of the yard is particularly slippery. Next time she's shod I would ask your farrier to put road studs in (rather than nails), which will help.

 

[K9Wendy]

OMG you have my horse LOL.. Bee overtracks quite a bit, and she does that slippy thing with her back feet. When I used to walk out on hacks with Katie, I'd watch her hind feet and they do slide forwards as she walks, not all the time but it does happen. The slipping and slidding on the yard is always at a walk, and especially going round a corner!

Road nails it is, and stop worrying!! Thanks..