We are sole shedding with lgl girl at the moment. Its the front of her foot where the sole callous should be and its all chalky and flaky !!
Have never really had to trim alot in front of the frog (length I mean not sole ) as she wears this herself, so maybe her foot is ready to be even shorter ?!?!? Dont want to pick at it too much so just having a bit of a scrape daily with the hoofpick !
Moved track fence out again this morning as it is just SO green. You can see where it was moved a week ago and how much it has grown in a week. Bloomin stuff !!
Combination of both- 3/4 inch measure taken at hoof wall where walls too long and lots of sole exfoliating & peeling away. Took the measureement with my thumb so must be right ;-D. Although come to think of it I have stumpy thumbs. So in all likelyhood is 1/2 inch, being half and half of sole shed and hoof wall. Silly Sarah can't guesstimmate correctly!
Just arrived back from 120km race on Izaak, clients horse who I train and is bare, he was superb leading from the start, unfortunately we were spun after 43 miles as he had pulled his upper quad muscle, probably when he did a major spook at a giant haylage bale which isn't so good when you are travelling at 20km/per/hr!! Thought I would share a little pic of us re-fueling at the vet gate, yes that is red bull!! sugar free of course!
We have renegades! In front, anyway - still G2s behind. Very impressed, easy peasy to get on and H very comfy in them at all paces including flying trot, and up/down hills.
We're going everywhere at bouncejiggle at the moment, she has far too much energy and I have to be careful where I let her go as she really wants to runnnn. Rode out for an hour this morning, and going to go back for another hour this evening I think - probably bareback in halter cos I haven't done that for ages!
She is back in her winter paddock with another laminitic ginger mare and as much hay as they can eat. Few teeny weeny shoots of grass poking through but it's more effort than it's worth, most of the time she just eats from the bale cos that's much easier! She looks really really well and feels it too. Very shiny, well muscled and goes around with happy ears.
Domino is out of action after getting well and truly stuck in a gate, as is my mum cos he broke her wrist while struggling before the vet sedated him. Not sure what damage he's done yet, dont think anything broken but will go for scintigraphy and x-rays once vet's been back on weds, on box rest til then. _________________
Rooster has come back from 'The Dukeries' endurance ride having done his first EGB 50k completely barefoot The terrain was forestry tracks rangeing from soft and muddy, through to hard and stony. We kept up a steady pace of trot and canter all the way round. The weather became very warm and we stopped to help a lady back on to her recalcitrant young horse, but still finished with a decent time and heart rate and got a grade four. Very pleased with his and his hoooves performance. Will still boot up though for rides with lots of hard stoney as it does slow us down
Fab pics Helen and Terry Very inspiring to hear of barefoot performance horses such as yours.
Navicular TB Jake now coping well with longer rides (10 - 12 miles) over the mountains no boots. Not at great speed but keeping active pace. Most are sheep grazed mossy tracks, or quarry roads with the odd challenging surface which I play by ear - if severe I will get off or choose alternative route so I can keep boots off. Think I overdid it at weekend as did 10 miles one day and 12 miles the next and the sun came out in force on way back which didnt help - didnt intend to do much on day 2, but got carried away exploring the miles and miles of off road riding so we ended up miles from home and both knackered on way back BUT good to see great heel first landing as we headed for home. I am so tempted by endurance now but must tackle stranger danger pony problem first.
and now we have trailer so next stop the beach ........... _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
I had a busy weekend too, Sunday a funride with Morris, his first ever. It was the most beautiful ride on the hills above Denbigh. The weather was stunning, blue sky and views over Snowdonia, the Peak District, Liverpool and beyond.
I have to say I was slightly bricking it before the ride. Morris is not the easiest of horses, very sharp and very quick to react but I had an excellent nanny in a large Cleveland Bay mare ridden by a friend who for the first few miles blocked us with the mares ample bottom every time things looked dodgy. Morris thought this was most irritating as he was quite prepared to race ahead
The going was a mixture of fields, roads, tracks etc. and the ride probably between 10 and 12 miles. At the end there were a few jumps so I had a go at popping a few. The first two were like launching into space but the third he did very nicely, not bad considering they were his first ever jumps with a person on board. He dragged me into the first one even though I was trying to steer him around it coz I was bottling It was a large step, too large my brain said for my first jump on him but he thought it a splendid idea and launched himself up it. The girl behind went 'Oh God well sat Sarah ' He seems I think to like the idea of jumping so perhaps he will be a braver version of Fari who loves jumping as long as it isn't too big.
On Monday it was my turn to nanny my friends young horse who managed fantastically on a funride where there must have been 400 riders. Fari was completely baffled by the fact that we were going slowly and not jumping and pretended to be a cross between a Vienna riding school horse and a cowboy's rodeo mount on a couple of occasions. In fact the young horse's first canter was quite a lot more sensible than his. Good to feel him so alive and perky under me though.
Sadly my pony fun was curtailed as we had friends down for the weekend, so we only managed to exercise. Still, Ghost (aka Rockley Endurance Horse 2009) loved his trips out and bizarrely is the nicest ride I have ever known him to be...Lets hope it continues
He and Bailey were out on a long-ish ride on Friday, and I got lost and took us down a horrendous track, where they both very nearly got bogged - Bailey was floundering to get her legs back underneath her and they both went in very deep, but remained unfazed, scrambled out and carried on quite happily. On Sunday G and I had a great blast in the sunshine and I must say he is feeling marvellous. One bonus - I checked his passport last week and he is younger than I thought - a mere 24 yrs old
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Join! (free) 
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
) as she wears this herself, so maybe her foot is ready to be even shorter ?!?!? Dont want to pick at it too much so just having a bit of a scrape daily with the hoofpick !
Bloomin stuff !!
Not sure what damage he's done yet, dont think anything broken but will go for scintigraphy and x-rays once vet's been back on weds, on box rest til then.
The terrain was forestry tracks rangeing from soft and muddy, through to hard and stony. We kept up a steady pace of trot and canter all the way round. The weather became very warm and we stopped to help a lady back on to her recalcitrant young horse, but still finished with a decent time and heart rate and got a grade four. Very pleased with his and his hoooves performance. Will still boot up though for rides with lots of hard stoney as it does slow us down 
It was a large step, too large my brain said for my first jump on him but he thought it a splendid idea and launched himself up it. The girl behind went 'Oh God well sat Sarah 
