Forging

Forging
Interference in the gait in which the hind-foot strikes the front foot. Caused by a horse "overstepping"
Frog
Area located on the underside of the hoof; portion that bears weight (v shaped) ...

Forging -- An interference in the gait of the horse in which the hind foot strikes the underside of the forefoot on the same side.

This has considerably reduced the time spent hand-forging my own shoes, although I still make some specialist shoes that cannot be bought.

The annual Pony Penning Day is a big thing that attracts people to Assateague Island to see the Chincoteague ponies swim across the channel. What an awesome site....young and old alike forging the channel to solid ground.

one will notice that the more difficult the "going" underfoot, the shorter-backed a "native" type of horse will be (and some such horses will also show a tendency to substitute the pace or a single-foot gait for the trot, to avoid the forging and ...

See also: Hoof, Gallop, Trot, Fetlock, Arab