Tripping

[Mockingbird]

So we have had our ID mare for a year she’s been backed for just longer than a year. We found that she was tripping a little between shoeings and Brough the showing date forward by a week and this has helped although the week prior to shoeing she does occasionally trip. Sometimes it’s catching a toe and sometimes it’s almost as though she leaves the leg behind. It’s not all the time. It’s never out hacking or in the field - only the arena. We rolled her toes. She passed a 5 stage vetting. She is slightly pigeon toed and wonder if some of its because she’s holllow and daughters position is a bit forward. I do have a video but it won’t let me upload

 

[MidChristmasCrisis]

Lack of strength and balance would be my thought if it happens in the school and not out hacking.

 

[HorsesRule2009]

No idea if the same but thought I'd mention my boy used to trip terribly in front when shod especially towards the end of his 6 week shoeing cycle. When videoed and played back in slow mo he was very much a toe first landing.

I have since removed his shoes he moves so much better and very rarely trips these days.

Before removing his shoes I improved tge tripping with lots of raised poles - well actually I used to go off track in the forestry and he'd have to pick his way through all the fallen trees/branches really got him picking up his feet and thinking where to put them back down