Sport, 6 yo APHA gelding
I think
Sport will have an easy transition to barefoot. Although his
toes on all four feet are very long, he is not yet underrun like we
typically see. He appears to have good sole depth, but there was
fungus under the sole that shed out today, so whether the existing
sole will callous quickly and adequately will remain to be seen.
He is slightly imbalanced mediolaterally on all four feet. He
has a pretty crusty old injury at the coronary band on his right
front, lots of proud flesh and still weepy, that bears watching.
His frogs/heels are wide, but his frogs are soft and a bit fungus-y;
that will improve with ground contact, but he may benefit from a White
Lightening soak as well.
08-18-08 It's
going to take some time to get those runaway toes under control, but
the shape of Sport's front feet is already changing dramatically!
The wound on the right front coronary band has grown about halfway
down the wall, and is threatening to become an issue, so we're keeping
a close eye on it, and will implement some Oxine soaks this week to
make sure fungal/bacterial issues don't complicate matters.
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