enelram
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Here ya go- top photo is unshod and notice frog imprint,I the few pictures I can see his hands and reins, he’s not a knot tier from what I can tell. I hope the horse stepped on it to break it. I was thinking about his horses tracks versus the other horses in the area. I read they were looking for the rein drag as the sign it’s his horse. Was wondering if his horse was shod and wouldn’t that leave a different print than an unshod Wild horse or would that only work on compacted snow? I’ve never paid attention. No shoes and it’s a problem. I keep checking for updates. I’m hoping his family finds him soon.
ETA: I read in one of the articles they think he was out looking for lost cattle. I would hope/think it was something discussed about the cattle being lost over at “x” location and him deciding to use a nice day off to go check it out as far as giving them a direction to look.
bottom pic is shod. That area is pretty rocky, I'd guess they shoe the working horses. But some people remove shoes when they get much snow to improve traction. IDK, just a guess.
There wasn't much snow when he left the ranch property but
as he went higher up could be deeper.
The first area they started searching was where they thought he might be looking for lost cows. But I think they've exhausted their searching of that area and have branched out.
Rockley Farm: Hoof loading - shod and barefoot comparison