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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I understand all that. What I was wondering is why a quarter crack is worse than a grabbed quarter. My guess is that it's not always worse. It probably just depends on the severity of each. If one horse grabs a quarter badly and takes a huge chunk out of his foot, that would probably be much worse than a minor quarter crack. But if a horse slightly grabs a quarter, that's not going to be a big deal compared to a bad quarter crack.
That would be my guess, but I'm not positive. That's why I was asking Chuck. I do know that in the case of Touch Gold as compared to BB, Hofmans said that the grabbed quarter was nothing compared to BB's quarter crack.
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the danger with quarter cracks is infection underneath the initial crack especially after patching. Infection can just rot out much of the horses foot. With a grabbed quarter it is usually right there in front of you, they dont usually have an infection run deep. Of course this is talking in general terms.