Whether you are a horse owner, trainer, stable manager or farrier, there’s nothing worse than opening the stable door to discover founder in one of your horses. This crippling disease often leads to the demise of the horse.

But thanks to Forbidding Founder, a Special Management Report from American Farriers Journal, you won’t have to wonder how to treat it, you can rest in good faith that there is hope for the horse.

Forbidding Founder takes you on a journey with Holly, a 5-year-old American Saddlebred afflicted with one of the worst cases of founder ever encountered by a diligent team of farriers, veterinarians and trainers, and how they brought this valuable show horse back to soundness.

Heading up the team is the late Burney Chapman of Lubbock, Texas, the world’s foremost authority on foundered and laminitic horses. Dedicating his career to the treatment of this devastating disease, Chapman discusses the team treatment approach, the importance of radiographs and trimming and shoeing options in this full-color report