Posted by Fred Molinari on March 09, 2003 at 06:30:22:
For those of us without the small dish who missed seeing Ralph this week I offer this synopsis.
This week A/P balance or as ralph calls it "Keeping both legs on the booger the same legnth"
Usefull tips.
1.) Find the sole plane and then leave a thick rim of sole extending above it. Keeping this rim the same legnth on each foot insures both legs will be the same legnth.
2.) Many horses will not have enough heel to then match the pastern angle keeping the toe this way. The solution is a product call Level-It. Ralph and his young blonde student from vermont showed us how to run beads of glue over the heel buttress and then place the foot in the kitty litter box full of the level It. It took 3 or 4 "dips" into the kitty box with glue applied between each dip to achieve proper A/P balance on the demo horse.
Your man with the dish.
Fred