7 tips to avoid lameness in horses

Lameness is the number one cause of early retirement in horses — and most of it is preventable. In this video, Dr. Karsten Key, equine veterinarian with 25 years of clinical experience, shares seven practical tips every horse owner should know. Not theory. Advice built from a career spent looking at lame horses. What you will not find here is guesswork. Tip 7 covers something most owners skip entirely: measuring your horse's movement weekly with a validated device, so you can catch asymmetry before it is visible to the human eye. We are not built to spot lameness in a fast-moving animal — the data is. RealHorse is the tool Dr. Key uses for exactly this. It is descriptive AI, not generative — it analyzes real footage of your horse's movement and returns objective data in seconds. No invention, no prediction. Just what is actually there. Validated in peer-reviewed research published in the Equine Veterinary Journal and Veterinary Medicine and Science, accurate to within 1mm against gold-standard 3D lab systems. Try RealHorse free for 14 days: www.realhorse.com In this video: 00:00 Why lameness happens 00:13 Tip 1 — Vary the work 00:39 Tip 2 — Smart nutrition 01:04 Tip 3 — Hoof care 01:13 Tip 4 — Turnout routine 01:36 Tip 5 — Build fitness 01:53 Tip 6 — Prioritize rest 02:14 Tip 7 — Measure weekly 02:51 Wrap up #HorseLameness #EquineHealth #HorseCare #LamenessPreventio #EquestrianEducation #HorseOwner