What can be done about forging?
Like with any problems in horse care or riding horses one must first find the cause. Once when the cause is identified then the answer to correct the problem usually presents itself. Rarely it is a problem with shoeing, especially when the horse is forging while trotting or galloping. Horses can forge sometimes because their toes got longer and the horse is due for shoeing, but horses that forge constantly in the trot or gallop are often sore (lame) somewhere, usually in the stifles where the soreness will often travel up into the hind end muscles, loins and the back of the horse.
Often young horses that are not well ridden and/or well broke (balanced) will forge; also too heavy rider can cause the same, especially on such horses. Horse can also forge when tired, which usually demonstrate itself after the horse was ridden for some time. Fairly common forging can be seen when riding in too deep surface. In short, before you ask your farrier to solve the problem, find someone that can help you discover the reason why your horse is forging and the remedy should become clearly apparent. Your farrier could stop it, if something could be done by some adjustment in shoeing, but this would not solve the problem it would only cover it up, which in the long run could become quite detrimental to the well-being of the horse.
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