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Originally Posted by RonTiller
Steady decline in percentage wearing front warps since 1995:
1995... 24.4%
2005... 23.4%
2010....21.4%
2019....19.7%
Ron Tiller
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My hunch is the decline stems more from evolving surface composition and maintenance measures than from comparative soundness of the breed.
Fronts aren't always for support, in some instances they are used to prevent horses from "running down." Scraping the fetlock, that is, which can burn the sesamoid. Bandages employed for this purpose are indistinguishable from those applied for support.
Also, the stats do raise an obvious question, sir: Do they incorporate synthetic footing?