Can we talk about the way some folks set a shoe for a navicular horse?

I keep seeing people just drop the heel and call it good, but in my experience, that can make the breakover way too abrupt. A client's gelding went lame again last week because the last farrier just ground the toe and didn't roll the shoe enough. What's your method for getting that smooth rocker?

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the_ray7d ago

Just dropping the heel seems like a band-aid fix, honestly. That abrupt breakover is probably what keeps hurting that gelding. How much rocker do you usually put in before you call it good?

lucas9727d ago

Man, you're dead on about that breakover. I saw a horse with a similar issue totally change once we smoothed that transition out. It's more art than science, you just feel it in the rasp.