Crooked Lope: Training Issue or Lameness?
Erin Contino, DVM, Dipl. ACVSMR
June 8, 2026
A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in when loping to the right.
A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in when loping to the right.
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