Hoof Balance and Trim

02/20/2026

Here's the side view of that excess sole. You can tell the exfoliating sole is bulging which gives it a false appearance of a callus, (which I would not remove) it's not a callus because he has plenty of collateral groove depth around the entire frog.

02/18/2026

This is my client, you can see the bullnose effect on the dorsal wall, you can see the weak caudal structure, which I've seen someone comment is the cause of the NPA.... This client was trimmed by me but only for the few months of the year, the owner would then go up North with her horse each year and I would start over with his feet. I would see various issues each time but the last time was a serious case of npa which was NOT evident when he left. You can see the resulting improved hoof was post 2nd trim. The frog part outlined in blue (opposite hind but again npa) has the strange looking mass or bulge while the apex of the frog in purple looks deteriorated and weak, you can see the depth of the tip of the frog is unnaturally deep compared to the rest of the collateral groove. The green mass sole is the mass I'm talking about. THIS was trim related.

02/17/2026

This hoof isn't perfect and he has a hard time standing because he has ESPA formerly called DSLD, consequently standing on his compromised hinds is difficult. However he is a TB raced and now lives a wonderful life with a sanctuary. I often hear people say TB horses cannot have good hooves. Not true.

02/17/2026

What change do you see from top to bottom pic? I made it black and white to make it clearer.

02/17/2026

Not my client. But this is an NPA you can see the tip p3 is getting pushed upward by..... the toe, now is the toe "long" or is it the distal toe which is underneath where there's literally too much material. If you guessed the latter you'd be right. After seeing some comments on my page I decided to post this. If you have heard me talk about npa and you're my client I've explained it but sometimes the visual like this really hammers it home. NPA had become a very common occurrence and despite what people think it's strictly almost always created from the trim. THIS in turn created weak caudal structures and a strange looking frog right where the back part of p3 is lowest. That's actually one marker I look for along with excessive sole in front of the apex of the frog. As I said almost always but not always created by man.

02/14/2026

Can you see the imbalance in the bottom pic?

02/13/2026

2nd trim in we've got some good hoof coming along.

02/13/2026

02/04/2026

Upon first glance one might think the picture on the far right is a better foot it looks wider right? Let's break it down....the heels are migrated forward the bars are overlaid and look at the flares that result from that bar growth, also note the yellow wall connection or lack. The hind hoof now has a nice oval shape and healthier frog and sole and tighter wall with better heel and bar placement. It's a process 💪

02/04/2026

What do you see? Specifically the bars and heels and wall connection. What shape of the hind hoof looks odd?

01/22/2026

What improvement do you see from first pic blue dorsal wall vs second green dorsal line pic? What about purple hairline vs yellow? Heel angle is not much different.... This trim but let's keep watching. This guy is much more comfortable that's the most important thing.