The horse in this video is lame. The hind end is sore and he is reaching out with his neck to compensate. Also, he is lame in the front, too, which is creating the "head bobbing". A clubbed hoof, when propperly maintained will not, in itself, create lameness. A shortening of the stride will occur if the tendons are moderately contracted.
He has a clubbed hoof, which causes him to be a little off. However in this video he is sore in his hind end, which makes his off appearance more noticable. I posted another reply to a comment similar on my other "trotting" video.
Is it just me, or is your horse a bit lame in this video? It is hard to tell, but he has quite noticable, rythmic head bobbing. Are you sure he is sound?
The horse in this video is lame. The hind end is sore and he is reaching out with his neck to compensate. Also, he is lame in the front, too, which is creating the "head bobbing". A clubbed hoof, when propperly maintained will not, in itself, create lameness. A shortening of the stride will occur if the tendons are moderately contracted.
trinityhh 4 years ago
I agree. My haflinger has a clubbed hoof and he has no problem fly around a jump course with me. It doesn't bother him at all.
equineXcore 4 years ago
He has a clubbed hoof, which causes him to be a little off. However in this video he is sore in his hind end, which makes his off appearance more noticable. I posted another reply to a comment similar on my other "trotting" video.
KeriEq 5 years ago
Is it just me, or is your horse a bit lame in this video? It is hard to tell, but he has quite noticable, rythmic head bobbing. Are you sure he is sound?
tamara34 5 years ago