Straight hocks

Hi a good friend and trainer told me that straight hoched horses are usually better stoppers than angled hock horses. I thought the contrary, what do you think?

I’ve owned a straight hocked horse and he would stutter to a stop. The horses that I own with some angle to their hock stop much smoother.

Straight hocked horses also are less handy and more prone to hind end lameness.

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