A horse with a bad quarter crack finally came right after 8 months of work

I started on this warmblood last fall, his front hoof had a nasty vertical crack running up from the ground. We did a bar shoe with clips to take the pressure off, and I trimmed him every 5 weeks like clockwork. The big change came when we added a special acrylic patch to hold the crack together while it grew out. Just saw him yesterday and the new hoof wall has grown down past the coronary band, totally solid. Has anyone else had good luck with that patching method for deep cracks?

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margaretm997d ago

Yeah, the acrylic patch was a game changer for a mare I worked on. We had a similar deep crack that just wouldn't stop moving. The patch gave it that rigid support it needed so the new growth could actually catch up. It's such a slow process, but seeing that solid new hoof wall come in makes all the waiting worth it, right?

stella6277d ago

Absolutely, that rigid support from the patch is key. My old gelding had a similar crack and the acrylic was the only thing that stopped the constant flexing. Watching that fresh hoof grow in feels like a real victory.