Most dressage horses will wear horseshoes on all four feet, and most warm-blood horses have a large foot. Learn about the importance of a farrier that knows what they're doing with helpful advice in this video on horse training and dressage.
Oh, so we're going to talk about the shoes that dressage horses wear. Most dressage horses will wear shoes on all four feet, it's the most common. They have a fairly decent sized foot compared to a lot of other breeds. The warm bloods, they've got a nice large foot, especially for this size of a horse, you would expect to find a decent sized foot. You don't want to have a small foot on a larger horse. So basically, we have our horses reset by our farrier, every probably five weeks. We like to keep the length of the foot fairly equal. You don't want the foot to get too long and then really short and then really long again. Because you know, that puts some stress on their joints and tendons and ligaments. So you want to keep, keep the hoof size fairly equal, throughout the, the resetting process. It's very important to have a good farrier, have a farrier that knows what he's doing, has good training. And you know, works with you and your horses, because you want someone that really cares for them and, and does a good job. And it's important to find a good farrier you know, through word of mouth, talk to other people. See what they're, who they're using, look at their horse's feet and go from there. And you know, over all hoof maintenance is important as well. Making sure, he just came in from outside, so of course, he's got some sand on his feet. But we would normally scrub his feet a little bit, make them nice and clean, put on some moisturizing polish and keep them moisturized. And also the inside of the foot, that there's no thrush going there. That the horse's have nice and dry feet, not too dry, a little moist. But also no thrush, which can cause you some major problems in the long run. So just really being aware, picking out your horse's feet daily, before you ride and after you ride. And then you'll be all set.
