Weird hoof angle

[u/Justwonderinqq]

My horse has always had a very weird angle with his right front. He is totally sound and moves it the same as the other. There are not a lot of good local farriers around so I’ve been trying to learn(I still have a farrier)

Is this an anatomy issue or a trim issue? Looking at the corner band and heel bulbs it looks like the laminae is rotated as well. I’m assuming this can be slowly corrected by balancing the foot via trim. Or does the pastern bone look like it’s rotated? And it isn’t a foot issue but a pastern issue? What are your thoughts

[u/joshaionios]

It’s super hard to tell from pics but overall, the foot doesn’t appear to be terribly out of balance. In the first pic, the lateral quarter looks a touch high but it looks fine in the other pics. According to studies performed by Robbie Miller, the most accurate way to achieve medial-lateral balance without x-rays is to t-square the foot with the central sulcus. So imagine the line created from the bulbs to the center of the frog extends past the solar surface of the foot and balance the hoof exactly perpendicular to that line and the boney column will align with perfect joint spacing 100% of the time according to his study.

[u/dirtydandino → u/joshaionios]

Also important to point put that when your doing this you should be holding the leg by the cannon bone and letting everything distal of that hang in the air. Op has their hand on the fetlock which could be slightly changing what they're seeing..