- last price $16.25
NEW! The Ultra Hind Steel Horseshoes feature a well-designed ROLL in the toe of the shoe that continues towards the quarters, offering the much-needed Leverage Reduction required for many equine athletes today. These shoes have a slight degree and a breakover starting behind the first nail hole, and medial lateral breakover extending back to the midway point of the shoe, providing confident heel support.
Sean's Pro Note: With your horse standing square on firm level ground from the side, if an extension of an imaginary line from his hind coronet meets his forelimb high above his chestnut (ie: near the elbow or heart) then you can bet that you have a negative palmar angle of your hind coffin bone (p3). If you hoof test your horse his frog/ heels will be sensitive, his deep flexor will be tight, he'll be trying to land toe first (instead of heel first), shortening his stride to do so, sending a shock wave up his hocks, and the ligaments extend up to and pull on his Psous muscle beneath is lumbar vertebrae frequenly causing the loins to be knotted, tight and sore. (Yes lack of heel support behind can cause joint soreness at every major articulation up to and including the block). Pull the toe and heel back to the widest point of the frog, add some elevation with a wedge, and frog support and DIM (impression material) for frog contact to engage the horse's remarkable vascular hydraulic digital cushion. Yes, hock, back and stifle injections can help, but the mechanics are no. 1, and they won't last if you don't address them. Ideally, first, or concurrently. You can confirm this negative palmar angle with a single x-ray taken in line with the bottom profile of p3 (the horse must be standing on blocks for this, otherwise the beam will be on an angle and the images will be of no value for this purpose).
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