10 Mar

Shoeing horses, back and front? ?

Posted by rose under enart.hubeidaxue.com

  • Why is it sometimes you need to shoe horse's on the front hooves if they are doing more roadwork?

    Why that and not always the back hooves, or just the back hooveS?


  • When horses pull theyput strain on their front legs. As for back hooves usually old lesson horses get back shoed (thats the pattern) It could be that teir legs need some support. Most horse are or should be front shoed.(unless they are where not needed.


  • Horses have more weight on their front legs than their back legs and lead with the front legs. I used to get confused with this too?!


  • Horses carry more weight on their front hooves. Most horses don't need shoes on the rear hooves. Most horses don't need shoes at all for that matter.


  • Good Morning,

    There are many, many different reasons for horses having shoes, fronts only, backs only, or all the way around or sometimes having bar shoes.

    Horses doing trail riding on average terrain usually can get by with Keg shoes, sort of like you and I wearing boat shoes, just enough to protect their tooties, but not enough to endure a ton of work.

    Putting shoes on the fronts only is what we recommend to anyone who will be doing ring work and pleasure riding. The front feet take the brunt of jumping over fences, logs, etc and we feel that they need more support than the backs. Also, not having hind shoes on really reduces the risk of injury to the other horses (at least in our case).

    For polo and equitation and harder disciplines we recommend them being shod all the way around.

    For occasional ring work and (like some of our guys) for those that fill the highly coveted "pasture ornament" position, we don't recommend any shoes, if they are sound without them.

    There is an old saying, no hoof no horse. We really strive to individualize the foot needs of horses on an almost weekly basis. Another old saying...for the want of a shoe, the horse was lost...

    Thank you for the interesting question!

    Jo

    Jo Deibel
    President/Director
    Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc.
    www.saveahorsenow.com
    PO Box 62
    Glenville, PA 17329
    Phone: 717-965-7901
    Fax: 866-892-5069



  • beacuse the pull paw etc with there front hooves they do way more owrk wiht there front hooves wich wear them down and the shoe pervents it altho its better to have it on all 4


  • The answer is simple. 70% to 75% of the horse's weight is on the front hooves. This is due to the depth of the chest and the weight of the head and neck which actually shift the center of gravity to just behind the front legs.


    BTW the nearly 500 miles of trail I ride each year over rocky ground definitely requires shoes. The reason many sport horses wear shoes is to give them an edge, not because their feet need protection (arenas are set up with much softer ground than the typical trail)

    Also the majority of propulsion comes from the back legs pushing. The front legs support the weight, though they do pull as well the pulling action is not as hard as the pushing action of the hindquarters. To illustrate this, why do you think the hind quarters have such huge muscles since they do not support as much weight as the fore feet?


  • These are all true. Horses do use their front to pull, they paw, and there is more weight on the front. I like to shoe front and back of my horses because I ride in very rocky terrain. It helps so they do not get sore feet.







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