The Gods have finally spoken...

[Danzig]

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.

perhaps a quarter crack would be worse as it is indicative of a hoof weakness, while a grab is just that, a horse injuring himself. once that grows out, you'd think it would be a solved problem. however, with big brown for instance, you have constant worries about his hooves.
they said on tv yesterday ( i think it was the mouth himself talking) that when the hoof guy was first called for BB, he asked if it was the front left hoof-so it sounds to me like he was expecting it, based on work done on big brown in the past.