shoeing, shoes & nails

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TITANIUM HORSESHOES

For the past five years I have been trialling a revolutionary new horseshoe. Testing has been on selected horses in ...

SUPERSIZE

When I was a small boy, everything was large. Our house was large, my parents were large, especially my father, ...

DO YOU REALLY SEE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT?

When we alter the ground bearing shape of the hoof contrary to the shape of the normal coronary band, for ...

THE CHANGING HOOF

I had a call from a client tonight. I have only recently taken over her horses, and when I did ...

SHOEING WITHOUT VIOLENCE

As a farrier and also as a teacher of farriery I teach, I preach and I practise shoeing without violence ...

SHOEING THE CROOKED LEGGED HORSE

The horse with a deviated pastern or cannon bone is a crooked legged horse. As part of the initial assessment, ...

SQUARE TOED SHOES PROMOTE PROBLEMS

A recent incident resulted in this article. The complaint from the owner was that the horse had become very unstable ...

THE PROS AND CONS OF HOT SHOEING

The old-timers go misty eyed when they recall the sight and the smell of the local blacksmith fitting hot shoes ...

CLENCHING FOR RELIABILITY IN SHOEING

As a young jackeroo working on a station in very rugged country, I learned that if my horse lost a ...

GRADUATED SHOES

In performance horseshoeing, with racehorses in particular, I have noticed lately that there seems to be an ongoing problem of ...

A DISCUSSION ON REMEDIAL AND ORTHOPEDIC SHOES

A very common phrase which is also very appropriate is ‘Keep it Simple Stupid’ – this is known as the ...

SELECTING THE CORRECT SHOES TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE

It seems to happen all too often that an owner asks me for help with a problem that the horse ...

WHY ARE SOME HORSES SENSITIVE TO NAILING?

Some farriers often find that horses become a bit haunted around the feet when it comes to nailing the shoe ...

WHERE SHOULD YOU NAIL A SHOE?

QUESTION: What is wrong with these photos? And why is this nail pattern wrong? ANSWER: The nails are in the ...

HOW HEAVY IS A SHOE MEANT TO BE?

Recently I was asked to assess a group of about 30 large, ridden horses who were all displaying ‘inexplicable’ lameness ...

HEAVY SHOES VERSUS LIGHT SHOES

The horse world must be the only industry where despite all of our modern technology, we appear to be going ...

WHAT IS BREAKOVER MANAGEMENT?

BREAKOVER refers to that moment when the coronary band at the front of the hoof is perpendicular to the ground ...

TO SHOE OR NOT TO SHOE

The recent Equitana Asia Pacific 2003 Expo in Melbourne was certainly an experience for me as an educator. The obvious ...

FOR THE WANT OF A CLINCH

‘for the want of a clinch the nail was lost, for the want of a nail the shoe was lost, ...

WHEN SHOULD MY HORSE BE RESHOD

The question is often asked - When should my horse be reshod? A simple enough request, and the standard answer ...