Comments on: How to Choose a Tennessee Walker

on 7/16/2007 Hi
I have a question? How should a 2yr old tennessee walking horse be shoed he's going outta the gait to a trot and he's clipping alot. His back is comming up and hitting the front. Im new to the gaited world. Ty vm Tina

on 11/22/2005 Pressure shoeing refers to the band that goes over the hoof to hold the pad on. The band is tight and applies painful pressure to the top of the hoof, not the sole. It causes the toe to curl up and, eventually, navicular disease.

on 11/22/2005 The colors of the Tennessee Walking Horse are usually black, bay or chestnut. (Sorrel is the same as chestnut and it not used as a color for walking horses). Also, these horses can go 40 mph - not 14 mph.

on 11/22/2005 Pressure shoeing is NOT the band that goes across the foot. Pressure shoeing is the application of a shoe too close to the sensitive tissue on the hoof. Bands are simply there to help kep the shoe on and are left loose when the horse is being worked.

on 11/22/2005 Pressure shoeing has nothing at all to do with the bands! Shoe Bands help hold the shoe on. That is it and that is all. Pressure Shoeing is when you insert foreign objects into the sole of the hoof or trim the horse until almost pink (showing blood) and then applying the shoe so to have an animated gait. To say that the bands has anything to do with it is wrong.