Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Friday, October 27, 2017

Underfoot with Winx: Meet Australia’s champion and her farrier, John Bunting

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This man has a lot to smile about: Meet Mr. John Bunting of Melbourne, Australia. He's the farrier and s he's the world's favo...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Reg Pascoe, Australia's Legendary Equine Veterinarian, Has Died

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In Australia, and almost any part of the world where horses are raised or raced or bred, you could be forgiven for thinking that there&#...
Monday, August 28, 2017

The Day the Forge Caved in under the World Champion "Fighting Blacksmith"?

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This photo of World Champion boxer Bob Fitzsimmons is a mystery. "The Fighting Blacksmith" from New Zealand posed with an anvil ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

The Anzac Hoof: Where were the farriers during the battle for Gallipoli?

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The Anzac trophy hoof / inkwell lives in the heraldry collection of the Australian War Memorial . Today, a salute to our friends in...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Hooves@War: Australian Farrier John Jolly Died at Gallipoli

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If you happen to be in Canberra, the capital of Australia, on November 3, 2014, look at the Australian War Memorial. It's the Austr...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Australian Farriers Seek Regulation of Profession in New South Wales

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A farrier revolt has been brewing for some time in the state of New South Wales in Australia. Some--but not all--farriers there are ang...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Hooves@War: On this day in 1914, Farrier Charles Burchell of South Australia enlisted

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Today, the Hoof Blog's Hooves@War series moves back to Australia, where a  small note about a farrier's enlistment for World W...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

World Equestrian Games Farriers: Other Countries Heard From

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The World Equestrian Games had a staff of French farriers on staff at the vet hospital; here you see two credentials for Jean Michel Gouba...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Real Deal: Laminitic Pony in Australia First Horse in History to Wear 3D Printed Titanium Horseshoes

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A pony with chronic laminitis in Australia is wearing the world's first horseshoes that are "printed", not forged or cast ...
Friday, November 15, 2013

3D Printed Horseshoe Update: No Purple Titanium Horseshoes on Hooves (Yet)

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Australian national CSIRO research laboratory engineer Chad Henry has gone back to the drawing board to perfect his titanium horseshoe pro...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Congratulations to Matt Martin, the Farrier Who Kept Black Caviar Running

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Australian farrier Matt Martin and the most famous mare in the world: Black Caviar. Photo courtesy of Abu Masum of J.C. Milton & Comp...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Wild Horse Research Through the Lens of Dr. Chris Pollitt: Brumbies in the Channel Country

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Friday, July 06, 2012

Friends at Work: Hoof-Related Road Call in Melbourne, Australia

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Now that's service. A street scene today in Melbourne, Australia showed a farrier performing a road repair for a carriage horse on Sw...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Rock Star Riders: Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos on NBC's Rock Center

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Maybe this has nothing to do with hoofcare or lameness, but it has everything to do with the business we're in, the people we w...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Have a Heart: Hoofcare's Plastinated Valentine to the World

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Today's a big day for hearts. Whenever I think of hearts, I think of that racehorse champion of days gone by, Phar Lap. He's always...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Insulin Resistance and Equine Laminitis Research: Australia's Melody De Laat's Academic Elevator Video

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Imagine the challenge laid down by the University of Queensland to its graduate researchers: give a three-minute presentation encapsulati...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Favorite Photo: Proof That Elephants Are Smarter Than Horses When It's Time for Hoofcare

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Why won't a horse do this for its farrier? An elephant offers its foot to a handler for cleaning at Taronga Wesern Plains Zoo in Dubb...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Grayson Laminitis Research Funding Breaks New Ground: Richardson, Pollitt and Van Eps Join Forces for International Support-Limb Laminitis Prevention Study

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Today the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation announced its selection for the 2011 round of equine research projects that will be funded...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Education Connection: Speakers at Equitana Australia November 18-21, 2010

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Jockey-turned-farrier Laurie Paltridge is one of the few people in the world who can say he has both ridden and shod the winner of his na...