Looking at the effects of hoof wall cracks on the inside of the horses foot. Here is a 14 minute video that was shot live last week. I truly believe that cracks should never be ignored or treated as “ nothing” As I understand, wall cracks appear mainly due to an imbalanced capsule. If the capsule is balanced correctly then the stresses and strains put on it when the horse bears weight on it are spread over the capsule. Each part taking its share of the load. The wall, bars, sole and frog, each p

A sad foot with hoof wall rings a flat sole and a stretched white line. This is foot 25/11 and it comes from a mare that had a catastrophic accident in the pasture and was euthanised immediately. I was offered her feet to study. The owner did not “see” the rings in the wall or the stretched white line. The rings are a sign of something internal going on. They are created when there is disruption during the hoof wall growing process at the birthplace - the coronary groove. Each disruption causes