Has anyone ever written down that something important to re-training Standardbreds is to make sure that if the horse is being re-trained for riding the trim they recieve on their hooves should be trimmed like that of a riding horse not a racing "long toed" standardbred? 

 

This is something I learned a year or so after aquireing and un-successfully trying to teach Ike to canter.  We now trim him like a saddle horse and haven't had any problems with him getting an actual canter.  I actually learned it from a Standardbred breeder and haven't been able to find it on the net.  Just a suggestion.  :)

Thanks for your time.

Jessica Seguin