Hot take: that 'quick' quarter crack fix in a draft horse took me 4 hours yesterday

Was working on a big Belgian in Redmond. The crack looked straightforward, but the hoof wall was way more brittle than I thought. My usual bar shoe and acrylic just wouldn't hold. Ended up having to do a full resection and a heart bar, which I haven't done in ages. Anyone else get totally blindsided by a hoof's condition like that?

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3 Comments

grant_green211mo ago

That Belgian in Redmond probably just needed a better trim before the shoe. A full resection sounds like overkill for a simple quarter crack. Sometimes we make the job harder than it has to be.

jessica_robinson231mo agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, been there. Quarter cracks can totally lie to you until you're in the middle of it.

dakota_patel981mo ago

Tell me about it, they look fine until you're suddenly dealing with a huge problem. I mean, you think you've got it handled and then it just blows up. Makes you second guess every little thing you see.