horse lands laterally on right front. slightly off

[horseniac]

when horse is walked on a flat surface, it is obvious he is landing on outside of hoof. At last trimming/reset, hoof was rasped more so on the lateral side of hoof which definately helped the hoof landing flat, but now the horse is slightly off. I'm thinking maybe hoof was trimmed a little too short on the lateral side. Would it be better to wedge the medial side in the future? Would pads help at this point? It may be a coincidence, but the horse seemed to go off after he forged at a fast cantor, severely bending his right front shoe.At that point, when he was reset, was when the hoof was tried to be balanced better. He also seems reluctant to allow me to stretch that leg out in front of him. Worse on pavement. Xrays look fine. no flinch with hoof testers. Horse is on legend, adequan, ect... Muscles have been worked as well. Bute helps.

[Phil Armitage]

If the the live sole was invaded then the foot is out of balance and also could explain why your horse is sore. Difficult to say without seeing it. Allow the foot to grow, keep an eye on it and the next time he is trimmed do not invade the sole.

Phil

[calshoer]

In every case I have done that lands laterally, either the pastern bones are a assymetyrical (developed longer on the lateral side) or the whole limb itself tips inward as it goes in the air.
These mal -formed pastern bones are especially prevalent in club feet. And almost all club feet I have encountered land laterally . And most club feet are the right front.
If you try to force a flat landing by unbalancing the foot from it's own sole plane (trimming or sideways wedging), you will grossly unevenly load the coffin and pastern joints during the whole weight bearing phase of the stride.
Unevenly loading the joints is in my experience FAR more damaging than what happens from the momentary impact on the lateral side if they were left alone.
Unbalancing the foot to force a flat landing that is impossible due to the shape of the pastern bones creates almost instant lameness. You have just witnessed this.
I allow them to land as they do and take the lesser of two evils.
If you want to see if a horse is one of those that cannot land flat no maatter howe you tweak them, just take the foot forward on your knee or stand.if the foot tips in when itgoes forward, it will tip in as the horse moves. No getting around it. And don't try. If the owner insists. let someone else cripple the horse. Patty

[coreen harris]

HI Patty, enjoyed your info. I have a gelding that lands laterally, more so right then left, anything but clubby. He does have obvious pastern misalignment causeing a toeing out. What I find interesting is that his sole plane, either before or after trim, looks super normal, everything lines up underneath including his breakover - his frog points right to it, he does carry a touch wider sole area laterally. But when you mark that breakover spot and look from above, its off center medially by about 1 cm. He is 13 with joints and tendons clean as a whistle so I am assuming that so far its not causing him joint strain. I tried to "balance" his hoofs about 2 years ago and he promptly blewout his medial quarters and rebalanced himself according to his nature. I paid attention to that! Now this gelding is also a tenderfoot although he never has bruised from stones, he sure complains about'm. I wonder if that lateral landing is insulting his sole just enough to make him touchy? Only this summer I have seen his soles develop some of their old concavity (he is a metabolic dropper, doesn't separate) so I am hopeful that he may toughen up. I keep him in a fourpoint trim now and that controls his heels - he likes to grow a serious low angle cuz he has flexy (not sinking) long pasterns - with a big mustang roll. Any other suggestions?