Riding a horse with ringbone

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pepperberri

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I just wanted some advise a bought a horse from a horse sale last december and found out she had ringbone she's never been lame with it we do 10mile+ rides with quite a lot of cantering and the odd gallop with no problems from the ring bone my problems with her feet shes barefoot at the moment but at the weekend we did a pleasure ride and she came back lame the farrier said i should get her shod she has been feeling her feet alot more lately and ive also heard that corrective shoeings can help ringbone i have also been looking into the boa boot when i asked the farrier about them he said no they wouldent help i dont want to cos problem for her if i dont get her shod so i was wondering if anyone has any advise on the boa boot or shoeing of a horse with ring bone anything will do.
I'm a bit out the horsey thing at the moment ive just started back into riding after having a couple kids and ive never heard of ringbone before so its all good learning for me.
Karen
 
i would listen to your farrier. there was a horse at my yard with ringbone and yes ** right with correctly fitted shoes she or he should be fine and regular exercise is good.
 
There are different types of ringbone, low or high, which does she have? That'll make a difference to how it's dealt with.
And ideally you should try to get your vet to discuss it with your farrier, for the two of them to come up with the best solution for her particular problem.

Hopefully she is footsore rather than now suffering from too much work with the ringbone. How did your farrier determine what made her lame?

One of my old horses had high ringbone (pastern) which made him lame for a while and the farrier's first attempts at "corrective" shoeing made him ten times worse. However, he ended up getting the right shoes and he was back in (light) work for quite a while with them.

Good luck with her, hope you resolve the lameness and get her comfy on her feet/legs again soon.
 
I would keep her barefoot and use boots - IME corrective shoeing is an expensive game that very often makes matters worse. If she's lame from footyness rather than ringbone, boots will sort her out. Shoes will not help the ringbone, just compound it with extra concussion.

Good luck :)
 
Hi thank for all you replys she seems sound now thank god must of been her feet ive been trying to get hold of my farrier for the last week with no luck, ive seen a bit in my local paper about epona shoes has anyone tried them not heard anything about them looked on the net and found out i bit all good of course i found a farrier close to me that does them as it looks like i will need to find another one anyway
 
I had a horse with ringbone for years, and for us it was pulling the shoes off that brought him sound. Ringbone is a form of arthritis and as such is very cold sensitive. Having a metal shoe on draws the heat out of the leg and foot which can cause stiffness.

I can't find the thermograph I am thinking of which shows a horse with just one shoe off where you can see the huge difference in bloodflow and heat to the hoof. But some of these photos will give you the idea.

http://www.wildhorse.at/english/hoofcare.htm

I would suggest you find a barefoot specialist in your area and work with them on solutions for your horse.
 
Shadowlark said:
I had a horse with ringbone for years, and for us it was pulling the shoes off that brought him sound. Ringbone is a form of arthritis and as such is very cold sensitive. Having a metal shoe on draws the heat out of the leg and foot which can cause stiffness.

I can't find the thermograph I am thinking of which shows a horse with just one shoe off where you can see the huge difference in bloodflow and heat to the hoof. But some of these photos will give you the idea.

http://www.wildhorse.at/english/hoofcare.htm

I would suggest you find a barefoot specialist in your area and work with them on solutions for your horse.
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Did you try any of the boots im looking into that at the moment cos my mares really wore down her back feet and she on her heels and i dont want to cause any problems
 
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