For the past five years I have been trialling a revolutionary new horseshoe. Testing has been on selected horses in ...
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When I was a small boy, everything was large. Our house was large, my parents were large, especially my father, ...
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When we alter the ground bearing shape of the hoof contrary to the shape of the normal coronary band, for ...
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I had a call from a client tonight. I have only recently taken over her horses, and when I did ...
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As a farrier and also as a teacher of farriery I teach, I preach and I practise shoeing without violence ...
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The horse with a deviated pastern or cannon bone is a crooked legged horse. As part of the initial assessment, ...
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A recent incident resulted in this article. The complaint from the owner was that the horse had become very unstable ...
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The old-timers go misty eyed when they recall the sight and the smell of the local blacksmith fitting hot shoes ...
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As a young jackeroo working on a station in very rugged country, I learned that if my horse lost a ...
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In performance horseshoeing, with racehorses in particular, I have noticed lately that there seems to be an ongoing problem of ...
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A very common phrase which is also very appropriate is ‘Keep it Simple Stupid’ – this is known as the ...
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It seems to happen all too often that an owner asks me for help with a problem that the horse ...
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Some farriers often find that horses become a bit haunted around the feet when it comes to nailing the shoe ...
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QUESTION: What is wrong with these photos? And why is this nail pattern wrong? ANSWER: The nails are in the ...
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Recently I was asked to assess a group of about 30 large, ridden horses who were all displaying ‘inexplicable’ lameness ...
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The horse world must be the only industry where despite all of our modern technology, we appear to be going ...
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BREAKOVER refers to that moment when the coronary band at the front of the hoof is perpendicular to the ground ...
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The recent Equitana Asia Pacific 2003 Expo in Melbourne was certainly an experience for me as an educator. The obvious ...
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‘for the want of a clinch the nail was lost, for the want of a nail the shoe was lost, ...
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The question is often asked - When should my horse be reshod? A simple enough request, and the standard answer ...
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