My horse has been diagnosed with a fractured coffin bone. What could have caused it, and what is the prognosis?
Understanding the various types of equine footwear can help owners decide which shoes suit their horses best.
The American Farrier’s Association Convention held in Lexington, Ky., March 3-6, was planned with the professional farrier in mind. While the lion and the lamb vollied outdoors throughout the four-day event, inside the convention center farriers
Horses lose shoes for many reasons, and a lost shoe–or the cause of it–is the topic most likely to send a farrier’s blood pressure into orbit.
Does the sound of sleigh bells set your nerves on edge, anticipating a wreck on the icy patch down the road? Do you dream of the day next spring when you will be able to see your horse below his knees? Do you lie awake at night designing
Hard surfaces come in many forms. There’s that parking lot where you lunged your horse last weekend at the horse show. There’s that cracked-clay pasture where your horse was turned out all last summer. There’s that poor-excuse-for-an-arena down at th
An egg bar is simply an oval-shaped horseshoe. Where the heels would normally end, they keep going–but in a circular direction, creating an oval back to the shoe.
What can you do to prepare your horses’ feet for winter? Here are a few tips.
What is the relationship between chronic, severe thrush and my horse’s contracted heels?
Michael J. Wildenstein, resident farrier at Cornell University’s large animal clinic, has approximately 400 different types of therapeutic shoes hanging on the wall of his clinic. Each one, he says, was made for a particular
Some astute horsemen have long alleged that certain styles of horseshoes might predispose a racehorse to catastrophic injury, often resulting in euthanasia of the athlete. A recently completed study at the University of California, Davis,
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