Effect of Toe Grabs on Quarter Racehorse Shoes

Courtesy of TheHorse.com

Photo Credit: Mateusz Atroszko

You’ve probably heard the old adage from mule fanciers: “Mules is just different.” Well, it seems that the same principle holds among racehorses; racing Quarter Horses, it seems, are just different. From racing Thoroughbreds, that is.

Researchers presented results from their study of racing Quarter Horse injuries and horseshoe toe grabs at the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention, held Dec. 5-9 in Las Vegas, Nev., revealing that they found very different effects of toe grabs than researchers found in previous research on racing Thoroughbreds.

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