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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marilyn Mitchell" <marilynmitchell61@yahoo.com>
To: <haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [haflingerfriends] Draft Horses
>I learn sooo many new things from you gals. So many new ideas to think
>about.
>
> Toby has high heals. Is that problematic in a horse?
>
> Marilyn
>
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> ________________________________
> From: alana <alana@missionmedia.net>
> To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 6:04:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [haflingerfriends] Draft Horses
>
>
> I love seeing the draft horses, and i know that feeling of just being dumb
> stuck. They can be SOOO HUGE!!! At disney, you can go over to Fort
> Wilderness and go into the draft barn and see the big draft horses up
> close and talk with the care takers. They also have a great wagon ride two
> times a night with two draft horses pulling the wagon.
>
> Now this is just an opinion but i think that some haflingers have hooves
> that are too large for their leg, and it is because of people messing with
> them (this is also my general theory of the draft horses as well).
>
> My idea stems from my experience with my own horse. I think many farriers
> make the hoof fit the horse shoe instead of making the shoe fit the horse.
> Since having my mare, her hoof has actually come down 1 size. Her feet
> used to flare badly and crack. Now, that her feet are a healthier shape,
> they do not crack and other then getting her heals trimmed, her hooves do
> great between trims of 6-8 weeks.
>
> Now can someone explain how the huge draft plates work? To me it looks
> like it deforms the hoof. I get it that the main purpose of the draft
> shoes is to make them look flashy with lots of knee action in the ring.
> Does it actually help the horse to pull a load better? Someone please
> enlighten me, otherwise I will continue to view the draft plates as a form
> of interference and perhaps even torture.
>
> It has also been brought to my attention that my mare has very upright
> pasterns, and because of that more concusive force goes up her leg,
> compared to a horse with a more flexible pasturn and fetlock connection.
> So it has been mentioned that she could be prone to becoming sore doing
> work on hard ground for extended periods of time.
>
> I also know that some breeds of horse that live in marshy locations will
> grow a wider hoof in proportion to their body to help support them on the
> mashy ground.
>
> So i would have to think, if the size of the hoof is exagerated by man,
> then it could cause problems, but if enlarged by nature, it would serve a
> purpose.
>
> Alana
> Baltimore, Md
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Mitchell marilynmitchell61@ yahoo.com
> Sent 1/12/2010 8:53:59 PM
> To: haflingerfriends@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [haflingerfriends] Draft Horses
>
> All this talk about height and bone reminded me of something. On our trip
> to Disneyland, there was a beautiful gray Percheron pulling one of the
> street cars. I'm 5'4" and his wither was waaaaay over my head. He was a
> mountain! I was struck dumb in the presence of that horse.
>
> Toby? Well, he's not done growing yet; still, I can drape my arms over his
> back. He's just a little pile of haflinger fluff by comparison.
>
> Say, has anyone heard of haffies developing problems associated with weak
> fetlocks in relation to their large feet? I saw one photo recently where
> the fetlock (I'm refering to the front "ankle" Am I using the correct
> term?) on the stallion looked delicate in proportion to the hoof below it.
>
> Personally, I like my haffie's cankles.
>
> Marilyn
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