| If you are a Saddlebred show horse competitor | | | | to lack of support to the lateral side of it's foot. |
| or observer you very well noticed the intense | | | | Winging out is serious to the way the horse |
| methods used to shoe these horses. While these | | | | travels, coupled with very long feet and extra |
| horses sometimes have a total of better than 7 | | | | weight these inaccuracies in shoeing can lead to |
| inches of foot and weighted shoes close to | | | | the horses feet flying this way and that out of |
| several pounds it becomes paramount that | | | | control and the judge of the show will fail you and |
| shoeing be done with absolute understanding and | | | | your horse. |
| clarity - if not, well it very well may be the | | | | With this highly specialized styles of shoeing |
| deciding factor in winning or loosing and or a | | | | Saddlebred horses it becomes the Farriers |
| permanently lame horse. | | | | responsibility as well as yours to have things done |
| Do a simple test. Hold your arm out in front of | | | | right. The results can be disastrous, not only loss |
| you, now simply add one pound of weight to your | | | | of the contest but worse of all the horse can |
| hand and continue to hold your arm out directly in | | | | come up permanently lame from repeated use |
| front of yourself. You'll notice within less than one | | | | with incorrect shoeing. |
| minutes time that little one pound weight | | | | The quick test to find out if you are at risk and |
| becomes quite significant. Now imagine that same | | | | your horse is at risk is simply to ask your Farrier |
| amount of weight or more at the end of a | | | | how he is addressing the Pigeon Toed horse. If he |
| horse's leg while running or being asked to move | | | | or she says "Anything" like "Well you shorten one |
| through a series of controlled movements. Could | | | | side of the hoof compared to the other side, or - |
| be quite drastic taking into account the extreme | | | | you add a wedge pad here or there - you should |
| length of foot on most saddlebred horses. | | | | RUN LIKE HELL. What he has repeated is what |
| Would you like to win? Would you like your horse | | | | the textbooks teach and what the farrier schools |
| to win? Take a close look at the shoeing. Here is | | | | teach and it's OLD SCHOOL information and |
| where things get extremely important if you wish | | | | outdated, and it ruins horses. |
| to win. When studies show 98 percent of horses | | | | You need to seek out the truth about |
| are genetically pigeon toed it becomes a serious | | | | horseshoeing. The new technology the new age |
| issue to winning. When the foot of the horse | | | | thought. There is a method with a 16 year 100% |
| points inwardly it creates an imbalance in the foot. | | | | track record - "Not one single lame horse" |
| The foot does not break over dead center but | | | | available. It's the combination of years of |
| rather breaks over on the side. While the foot is | | | | experience and tested proven methods of |
| pointing inward it leaves no hoof wall to support | | | | shoeing. You will find this information below in the |
| the foot on the outside where the foot wants to | | | | authors website. You want your horse safe from |
| break over. | | | | lameness/possible permanent lameness right? You |
| The Results: Twisting of the joint, load on the | | | | want to Win right? |
| bones all of which can lead to permanent | | | | Then pursue the truth. You arrived here for a |
| lameness as well as the foot winging outward due | | | | reason. |