Hello....look a little lower. I see you have your riding jods on...I hope you intend to trim his feet appropriately before you go for a ride. Oh...but I bet those long feet give him some lift though don't they. The words "mechanical founder" come to mind.
But I have an idea, if you put quarter boots or bell boots on him ...his feet won't appear as long. Then when people see you riding they won't think you're a total idiot...or perhaps trying to follow any BIG LICK practices.
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In the photo of the pinto horse, the horse´s feet are too long and would put alot of strain on the horse´s tendons. But this is not exclusive to icelandic horses. There are long hooves everywhere. If you want to get after trainers for having their horses hooves long then go after the saddlebred competition horses. That is much much worse. And FYI, long feet doesn´t always increase lift. Often in young horses it decreases it because it´s too heavy for them.
For the second photo, that is a picture of a horse being shown under breeding show regulations which means the horses cannot have long feet or they are disqualified. The bell boots are there for protection and only weigh 90grams. They are lighter in weight then the bell boots that the western reining horses and the show jumpers wear. Nobody ever puts bell boots on to hide how long the hoof is. Competition horses also have strict hoof length restrictions. And those restrictions don´t even come close to the saddle breds.
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