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We Are Flying Solo

April 17, 2012

Up For A Little Quiz?

But before the question, I have some gleeful news to share:

I rode Encore last night in the arena and he was SOUND AND FRISKY AT W/T/C!  In fact, after I got off, his leg was cleaner and tighter than when we started, which is what I was hoping would happen once he got moving.  He kicked out with a giant buck picking up one canter, I think it was part exuberance and part annoyance at having just one leg wrapped in layers (I didn't want arena grit in the scab).  I have many smiles, it feels good.

Now, on to your quiz.  It's a simple one...or is it?  These are pictures of my horses' feet.  Both are back hooves on brown legs, both have been barefoot with the same farrier for roughly the same amount of time and both get the same management and same base feed.  No hoof supplements.  Size is irrelevant, the camera was just a different distance from the hoof.  So -- which one is a shiny Quarter Horse and which one is a doe-eyed OTTB?

 If you answer correctly, you win.....

AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO -----

wait for it.....

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Yeah, I know, best prize ever right.  *insert self-deprecating snicker here*

19 comments:

  1. A is Mr. Shiny and B is Doe-eyes...

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  2. A is QH, B is TB. (A look a lot like my QH's big ol'hooves!)

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  3. A is Solo, B is Encore. I think because A has squared off his toe and that is sometimes a sign of back issues. And B has the slightly contracted or narrower heels seen in OTTB's from shoeing too early (not that I know he was shod early, it's just a guess). PLUS B has what looks to be more of a calloused arena polished sole and I know Encore is in work.

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  4. I'm with with Anne, CFS, Sand, and Lisa.

    Shiny Solo on Left, Doe-Eyed Encore on the Right.

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  5. I am going against the grain here but my first thought before reading anyones comments were A. Encore and B. Solo. What do I win!!??!!

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  6. Hmmm, I'm going to guess A-QH and B-OTTB (i'm looking at bars that look similar to my OTTB's )

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  7. I'm guessing A is Encore and B is Solo, just from the pancake shape of A.

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  8. A is Encore, B is Solo. I've seen a few OTTB's who come off the track after having been race shod and their feet spread out like pancakes, similar to picture A.

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  9. Oooo, this is fun! I love reading everyone's thoughts....

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  10. Do you know what's funny, Laz literally has BOTH these feet-lol!!!!

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  11. What?!! For reals!! What do I win, a new Right Hind hoof PUHLEASEEEEE

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  12. Uhhh, fresh out of hooves. How about a sneezy cat? I've been trying to give him away for ten years.

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  13. I would like to say A is Encore and B is Solo, only because every quarter horse I've ever seen had little compact feet and most of the thoroughbreds I've seen had flatter wider feet naturally, unless they were cut and shoed to be smaller which isn't necessarily better for them anyway but I guess some farriers/people think there's an "ideal shape" that is the same for every horse (incorrect!).

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  14. I really don't know because I've never had any horse feet of my own to take care of (boo), but after reading everyone else's answers I'm going with A = Encore and B = Solo. Waiting with bated breath! :-)

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  15. You will all get your answer either Sunday evening or Monday -- I am swamped today trying to get out of town!! All I will tell you right now is....some people are right and some people are wrong. :-D

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