Author: Lindsey Field

The third instalment from Lindsey on the basics of hoof anatomy.

The coffin bone, also known as the pedal bone(U.S.), is the bottommost bone in the equine leg and is encased by the hoof capsule. Also known as the distal phalanx, third phalanx, or “P3”. The coffin bone meets the short pastern bone or second phalanx at the coffin joint.