Very low hoof angle with an even lower pastern angle. May result from sprained suspensory ligaments, weak pasterns, or chronic laminitis.... ↪ Read more

[from the Latin tundo, to beat]: A traumatic flesh injury which does not break the skin.... ↪ Read more

Trial or testing of a hypothesis under carefully managed conditions. All factors which might affect the outcome of the tests must be made as uniform as possible, except for the factor being tested. For an experiment to be considered valid evidence, it should involve a sufficiently large test group,... ↪ Read more

See: Flexor deformity.... ↪ Read more

Condition in which the posterior half of the hoof undergoes a significant reduction in width. This may result from other hoof problems, improper shoeing, or both. a.k.a: Contracted heels; hoofbound.... ↪ Read more

See: Contracted hoof.... ↪ Read more

Limb opposite the one that suffered the original lameness. Sometimes becomes lame from compensatory stress.... ↪ Read more

A characteristic present from birth.... ↪ Read more

Physical inherited construction of a horse.... ↪ Read more

Flowing together, becoming one.... ↪ Read more

Compensation is adjustments a horse makes to try to keep an even gait despite a sore or lame leg.... ↪ Read more

aka: Main Extensor Tendon or CDET, is found in the front leg. It passes down over the front and slightly to the outside of the leg and attaches to the long pastern, short pastern and coffin bone. The widest point of attachment is at/on the extensor process of the coffin bone. It is joined on each... ↪ Read more