Q: We have a colt that was born April 19, 2009. We have worked with him since he was born. The farrier was out about two weeks ago (in late Sept. 2009) and trimmed his hooves. They had gotten long and had started to have some small cracks. We live in an area with really soft/sandy soil.

We had the vet out last on Oct. 2, 2009, to give him shots and pull a Coggins and he saw nothing wrong with his hooves.

We are planning to show him in a show next weekend (Oct. 16, 2009). We had him picked up on Oct. 5 to get some "finishing" training and got a call that afternoon from the trainer who said it appeared the colt either had a bad farrier job or he was starting to get a club foot.

This horse has great conformation. He is 95% foundation Quarter Horse. He did have a "growing spell" about two or three weeks ago. He is on hay, pasture, and Omolene 200 for growing foals