Horse's Hind Legs Research Paper

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Horses are admired because of their confident stance, and swift running. Its legs are important because their movements rely on them. Here are some of the health conditions that may affect your horse’s hind legs:

Stringhalt

“Stringhalt is the over-flexing of one or both back legs,” Katherine Blocksdorf wrote in her article for The Spruce. If your horse’s hind legs look like it is taking a high step, then it must be suffering from this health condition. You may not notice the flexing of its legs because it can be subtle, but when you ask the horse to step back or turn sharply, the flexing will be more obvious. Blocksdorf mentioned that there are different types of stringhalt. The Australian stringhalt may be caused by a weed, while the false

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