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Post by solomon on Jul 16, 2014 19:24:38 GMT
I was chatting to Zara and was inspired by her comments to ask this? When Pete was shod, he tripped all the time especially down hill. Since unshod he loses his footing very rarely and more often behind thanfront feet. What would the average amount of front foot tripping be? I guess like people some animals are naturally more sure-footed and less clumsy. Thoughts?
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Post by racaille on Jul 17, 2014 5:27:15 GMT
I think tripping can be down to very many things: most often it's because a horse is a bit 'long' in the hoof or because it is slouching along, not thinking about where it is putting its feet. Sometimes it can be a symptom of something more serious - not sure but wobbling is one thing, I think. Paco can 'trip' behind too, often there is an element of sliding, especially downhill, but generally it is because he's being lazy. If I make him concentrate, hey presto, he trips no more!  |
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Post by brigadier on Jul 17, 2014 7:31:15 GMT
What Rac says and also there is that element of grip and feel. Plus a shod horse seems to be inclined to put more weight in front, whether that is it being less inclined to track up due to risk of over reach, a bit like us not running in high heels perhaps, so once unshod it is more confident an so takes more weight behind.
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Post by pboy on Jul 28, 2014 7:22:20 GMT
What they say Also tripping can be a sign of navicular, so in Pete's case he has probably improved as he's more comfortable in his front feet. Then of course moving to a different terrain that they're not used to - Indio trippped quite often on his first few rides from Los Alamos but he's improved now that he's used to the sand and tree roots! |
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 28, 2014 13:51:44 GMT
Def agree with all of above. Murph is always falling over his own feet but he's consonantly admiring the view/not concentrating/being lazy!
Harry has the typical native surefootedness (and pigheadedness of always knowing a much better route than his rider).
My Oh has ridden murph a few times, back when he had a riding fussy and rode Harry... it was hilarious, we have very uneven ground and massive puddles to go around on common and my Oh would be forever asking why murph walked [aka fell] off the end of the path/ridge with him! "Because you didn't tell (steer) him not to darling" to the answer of "But Harry doesn't need telling".... no cause he's not got a flippin airhead tb brain with zero self preservation skills.
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Post by brigadier on Jul 29, 2014 17:11:38 GMT
I think also that some horses are heavier footed- not actually but they plod more- some humans are like that, my hubby one of them- its like a rhino stomping through our house. so I guess horses are different on their feet as well!
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Post by fimacg on Aug 6, 2014 11:22:00 GMT
Chompy trips with his right fore all the time, its made worse when he needs his feet done. I put it down to the fact that for a long time he was banana shaped so he put more weight on that leg than the other leg, now as soon as you ask him to work and take his weight back off his forehand, hey presto no more tripping
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Post by pboy on Aug 8, 2014 11:12:11 GMT
Chompy trips with his right fore all the time, its made worse when he needs his feet done. I put it down to the fact that for a long time he was banana shaped so he put more weight on that leg than the other leg, now as soon as you ask him to work and take his weight back off his forehand, hey presto no more tripping Classy was like this too. My HK RI always told me it happened if I didn't have a steady enough outside-rein contact. Mind you, that seemed to be the root cause of almost everything on those horses!! The ex-racers clearly struggled in the 'self-carriage' stakes |
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