13/08/2026
đ Why does surface variation matter? Dr. Karsten Key breaks it down: your horse runs on four âsprings,â and every joint, tendon, and ligament loads differently depending on what they are standing on.
On a hard, neutral surface, loading is even. Switch to soft ground and the toe sinks in â suddenly the deep flexor tendon barely takes any load at all.
Same horse, same gait, completely different biomechanics.
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