“If you don’t understand locomotion, you shouldn’t be shoeing horses”. —HAY D N PR I C E The information collected by the British system can overcome some of the subjectivity and shortfalls in information when practicing veterinarians and farriers assess...
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“If you don’t understand locomotion, you shouldn’t be shoeing horses”. —HAY D N PR I C E The information collected by the British system can overcome some of the subjectivity and shortfalls in information when practicing veterinarians and farriers assess the gait of individual horses. Kinematic information such as stride length, breakover distance, and carpal/tarsal/fetlock flexion can now be measured and reported for evaluation of individual horses, wherever they are located. “If you don’t understand locomotion, you shouldn’t be shoeing horses,” Price always reminds his audience. Price uses pre- and post-shoeing video gait analysis—often viewing a horse’s footfalls frame by frame by frame—to monitor minor adjustments made in the shoeing of the British team horses. The British system uses three cameras and sophisticated software. While there is strict protocol to follow, it is a more “on-the-job” system than Dr Hilary Clayton’s carefully controlled system (see related article on hock r
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