Use of a 3D dynamometric horseshoe to assess the effects of an all‐weather waxed track and a crushed sand track at high speed trot: Preliminary study

Abstract

This study demonstrates the ability and sensitivity of the DHS to discriminate track surfaces by measuring the GRF at high speed. These preliminary results show that the loading rate, the amplitude of horizontal braking and shock at impact are attenuated on W, which suggests a reduction of stresses in the distal limb.