Worrisome Injury, and "The Plan"

We've developed what we're calling "The Plan" to get the horses to race track.  Elaborate in coming posts.

While the ground stays dry the horses are on an every other day riderless breezing schedule.  Good that #148 has healed well enough to run hard.  Weather has been two days at 15 degrees followed by two days warm with wind at 30 mph.  Wind let up today and for 4th time in Jan horses walked under tack.

#148 injury on 1/25/14

Left click to enlarge. Worrisome, instead of the heel bulb portion that will presumably grow into some kind of scarred over material-- is damage to the coronet band above the hoof wall below right heel of shoe.  Possibility that hoof might die in that area has been of concern.  Should that happen this animal may yet be in serious trouble.  As to the rest--if we can just keep this idiot from raking this injury again, hopefully by around mid February he'll be read to run on sand.