Trade Zone: Get Ready - Click Here to Download PDF
By Christy West
What do Quality Road, Big Brown, Tiznow, and E Dubai have in common? They're all major stakes winners with at least one other commonality-hoof problems that affected their careers. They're certainly not alone; hoof problems strike Thoroughbreds, from Triple Crown contenders to claimers, resulting in lameness, high farrier bills, and lost training days, races, and purses.
We'd all like to avoid sore heels, quarter cracks, sole bruises, wall separations, interference injuries, and other hoof problems in our racehorses. But as these big runners with top-of-the-line care illustrate, sometimes these obstacles are just facts of life for horses whose job is hurtling their 1,000-plus pounds (plus a jockey) down the track at 35-40 miles per hour.
Luckily, there is good news: With vigilance, good horsemanship, and care from experienced professionals, most hoof problems can be prevented or managed so horses can train and race to their full potential.
To continue reading, click the "Download" button at the bottom of this page.
Sponsors:
Dandy Products (www.dandyproductsinc.com)
Doc’s Equine Products (www.ocdpellets.com)
Equi Global (www.emeraldvalleyequine.com)
Equiade Products (www.equiade.com)
The Pond Lady (www.thepondlady.com)
Life Data Labs, Inc. (www.lifedatalabs.com)
Premier Equine Health (www.premierequinehealth.com)
Archives:
Get Ready - June 26, 2009
Therapy For Thoroughbreds - May 5, 2009
Dirt or Synthetic - Which is Safer? - April 25, 2009
AAEP: Focus on Horse Health News - March 21, 2009
Infectious Disease at the AAEP Convention - February 21, 2009
When Foaling Goes Wrong - December 6,
2008
Feeding the Pregnant Mare - November 15,
2008
Broodmare Vaccinations - November 1,
2008
Transport Stress in Horses - October
18, 2008
View more...
