White hooves look pinkish

Not my horse, but is it normal for white hooves to look pinkish? Owner is worried but says he is sound.

A picture would help a lot. Everything is pinkish? Some pink lines? Pink “blobs”?

Spring grass and mild laminitis did that to my black mare with white feet.

I don’t turn her out until June and a few mowings into the season now.

She seemed sound but “resistant” under saddle. I think it was soreness on all 4 feet so she didn’t look “lame.”

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I still don’t know how to use this new forum lol. The horses hooves were all a light pink but he was not lame. JB did not mean to delete you lol.

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My horse occasionally get pink streaks through his white hooves and it is bruising. Not always enough to make him lame, but maybe just a bit hesitant with his gait. This horse may benefit from a topical treatment to harden her soles.

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