Shoeing Horses For Their Riding Discipline
Chris White, DVM
September 16, 2024
How farriers trim and shoe horses for their unique biomechanics, discipline, and riding surface.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
How farriers trim and shoe horses for their unique biomechanics, discipline, and riding surface.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers explored the connection between a physeal structure in the neck and wobbler syndrome in horses.
Veterinarians describe 9 common causes of poor performance in horses and what it takes to get a diagnosis.
How soon can I ride my horse after he gets trimmed or shod? How do I know if he has thin soles? Vets and farriers answer these common hoof health questions and more.
Hock arthritis can cause poor performance and lameness in horses. Learn how to manage your horse after a diagnosis of this common condition.
Researchers are exploring improved ways to heal these notoriously complicated soft tissue structures.
Discover what issues can affect your horse’s back, sacroiliac joint, and pelvis and how vets address them. Read more in this article from the Fall 2024 issue of The Horse.
Dr. Avi Blake describes equine degenerative joint disease, how it occurs, clinical signs, diagnostics, and treatment options. Sponsored by American Regent Animal Health.
Learn about the clinical signs of neck or back issues in horses and how they are diagnosed. Sponsored by Asto CT.
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
There are right and wrong ways to bandage horses’ limbs, no matter the wrap’s purpose.
What’s going on inside your horse’s hooves during injury or disease? Sources reveal what they’ve learned about common hoof conditions such as abscesses and sheared heels.
Imbalances in horses’ hind hooves can lead to hock, tendon, ligament, and even lumbar pain; precise radiograph-guided farriery can help.
Getting to the root of podotrochlosis is an ongoing process. Learn about risk factors for the disease and how veterinarians diagnose it.
Navicular syndrome, once feared as a career-ending diagnosis, can now be managed more effectively, despite ongoing challenges.
Learn about two different and unrelated processes that present as firm swellings in the horse’s pastern region.
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