Very few horses have straight perfectly conformed legs when viewed from in front or the rear.
For many years it was popular to trim the hooves lower on one side in an effort to straighten the legs. This temporary solution would often make the
Very few horses have straight perfectly conformed legs when viewed from in front or the rear.
For many years it was popular to trim the hooves lower on one side in an effort to straighten the legs. This temporary solution would often make the horse lame and sometimes even permanently cripple the horse due to the stress placed on the leg’s joints and ligaments. Wall cracks would result, especially if the hoof was dry.
This horse has an angular deformity that results in quarter cracks if the deformity is not considered by the farrier.
Twenty years ago a popular fad involved trimming the wall of horses with crooked limbs so that the coronary band was parallel to the ground. Again, this was a temporary fix since that did not last. The uneven weight bearing caused by the limb’s angular deformity would cause the h