You'll hear veterinary experts talk about what lameness is, how to recognize it, and what the owner or trainer should do. Dr. Mark Cheney, a well-known racetrack practitioner, conducts a comprehensive lameness exam and discusses why lameness can occur. Dr. Ric Redden, an authority on the equine foot, talks about laminitis, navicular disease, and other serious foot conditions. Lameness also presents the most current on EPM, a neurological disease of the horse which can have crippling consequences. Dr. Bradford Bentz, a researcher at the University of Kentucky, shows horses affected by EPM and what is being done to help them.
Lameness is an invaluable guide for anyone who is involved with horses.
It contains good, practical information for the prospective horse owner. He competed in rodeos for 22 years, all the while searching for a better way. Eventually, he learned it from the horses themselves. By watching wild mustangs, Roberts was able to identify some of their body language and apply it himself. Of course, he is successful.