Would you give riding a break - shedding sole & frog

[Surbie]

REALLY sorry if this is beyond numpty as a question. I am used to barefoot horses, not shod ones. The owner's sole condition of my loan is that the horse remains shod all round.

My boy has shed huge lumps of retained sole and has also shed most of his frogs, both pretty much all at once and in the last week. There is a clear 5-6mm space between his new sole and the shoe on every foot, though not always all way round.

Would you pause riding to not stress the laminae/hoof wall from carrying extra weight?

He had a horrendous abcess last year and I just get a bit anxious about his feet.

Farrier is booked to come Wednesday to sort his feet out & reshoe.

 

[Chuffy99]

Completely normal in the weather conditions we’ve had just ride as normal and farrier will tidy up when he comes

 

[9tails]

All the horses I know have done it this year. I've not been one bit concerned and ridden through the shedding stage, just knocking off the loose bits with the hoof pick. Farrier got a lot off too.

 

[Surbie]

Thank you - I've not seen him shed huge chunks like that before. I appreciate that's probably due to the weather, but the big gap seemed to me to be odd.