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Glaze: POA Mare Healthy Hooves

Glaze
Glaze

Left Front hoof

Glaze is a registered Pony of the Americas. She's about 13.2 h tall, and is occasionally ridden by children, or small adults. She's been known to run barrels but currently is a bit of a pasture potato. She is fed free choice hay, has some turnout in a paddock and gets no grain. She's been getting barefoot trims for about 4 years now,and she had seedy toe back in '05, with crushed, under-run heels. It took me about 1 year to grow all that out and get her sound. Then she exchanged owners this last year (in early 09) and they let her feet go without trims for a few months. She came back to her orginal owners and I had a project to fix. When she returned, she was a bit overgrown and had some flaring, chipping and a few cracks. Now her feet are pretty healthy again, and she's sound. It took about 3 trims ( about 18 weeks) to get them back in shape and all the cracks grown out.  

LEFT FRONT AFTER 3RD TRIM
Lateral view of the left front hoof

Oblique view of the sole