Showing posts with label Hoof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoof. Show all posts
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
HoofSearch Publishes Online Donkey Hoof Research Guides Published with Free Access for All
HoofSearch, the index of equine foot research, has released an updated resource guide to peer-reviewed articles and theses on donkey hoof science and lameness studies. The index is free and accessible online to anyone interested in monitoring advances in donkey hoof health or improving the soundness-related welfare of working donkeys.
Thursday, June 07, 2018
Godolphin's Masar took the barefoot route to Epsom Derby; farriers detail stable's hoof protocol
The old joke goes something like this: A tourist wandering around in New York City sees a tuxedo-clad musician getting out of a cab. He's carrying his instrument. Relieved, the tourist walks up and asks, “Can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?”
Without missing a beat, the musician says, “Practice.” And walks on.
If only horseracing was so simple.
If only horseracing was so simple.
Saturday, April 28, 2018
History on the Hoof: Who Shod Dan Patch?
It doesn’t seem like a holiday, but there it was, noted on the hoofprints.com calendar. “Dan Patch born this day, 1896.” I wondered, "How many people know who Dan Patch was?" And then I remembered that I've been meaning to write about his farrier.
Welcome to the story of the greatest horse you’ve probably never heard of.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Hidden Anatomy: Researchers Make a Case that Modern Horses Have Five Toes--Even If We Can't See Them
Scientists have long wondered how the horse evolved from an ancestor with five toes to the animal we know today. While it is largely believed that horses simply evolved with fewer digits, researchers at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) pose a new theory suggesting that the remnants of all five toes are still present in the distal limb of the horse.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Advanced Farrier Certificate Program Launched at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Farrier education in the United States now has a higher level. Today Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) announced the July 2016 launch of a one-year certificate program in advanced farriery skills. The new program will be hosted at the vet school’s main campus at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (“Virginia Tech”) in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Case Notes: Inside Bal a Bali’s Laminitis Recovery
Thanks to an interview today with Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital’s Vernon Dryden, DVM, some of the details of Bal a Bali’s nine-month ordeal can now be shared. Dr. Dryden acknowledges the willingness of the colt’s owners, Sienna Farm and Foxhill Farm, to share information that might benefit another horse suffering from a similar problem.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Why They Run: The Hoof of Fire Horse Number 12
A team of fire horses speeding to the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City in 1911. When they got there, the firemen could do little, as the employees had been locked into their work stations on the upper floors of the building. Many seamstresses jumped out windows to their deaths; 146 employees, mostly women, died that day. Ladders couldn't reach them. Notice theses horses wear no blinders on their bridles; this was customary for fire horses. |
Not all running by horses is done on the racetrack. It's not always done for prize money or glory in front of a cheering crowd. Sometimes horses run because they know that is what they are supposed to do.
And that's exactly what Horse Number 12 did.
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
First-Person Research: The Paleopathology of Laminitis in Horses with Lane A. Wallett, DVM
Lane A. Wallett, DVM is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She presented an abstract on her paleontology research related to laminitis in the fossil evidence related to horses at the 2013 International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot. Everyone wanted to know how she came to research such a subject, and The Hoof Blog is very happy to share her story, in her own words.
Monday, October 27, 2014
British Non-Farrier Found Guilty of Over-Trimming, Gluing Hoof Boots; Charged as Animal Welfare Act Violations
The following information is being printed verbatim, except where noted in italics and where spelling has been Americanized. This is a document created by the Farriers Registration Council in the United Kingdom. Hoofcare Publishing requested a copy of this document today and was kindly sent this for publication.
On 2 October 2014, Mr Ben Street of Hixon, Stafford (England) was found guilty at Stafford Magistrates’ Court of causing unnecessary suffering to a horse, and failing to take reasonable steps to ensure good practice in protecting a horse from pain, suffering, and/or disease by gluing and sealing hoof boots.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Research: Does the Unshod Dressage Horse Really Bear a Competitive Disadvantage?
At the recent International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) Conference in Denmark, a Warwickshire College (UK) abstract covered research by distance-learning student Richard Mott from Ireland: He studied the potential difference in movement between shod and unshod horses in dressage.
To be fair to the researchers, this abstract is something like a snapshot from a moving car, compared to the author's much larger research effort. Richard Mott's thesis will actually be about 12,000 words when we finally get to read it.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
New Statistics: Lameness Most Critical Health Problem for British Horses; Laminitis Increased in 2014
A new study published today in Great Britain sorts out what is likely to send horses to vets and farriers for treatment there, and you have to look pretty far down to find hoof-related problems (other than laminitis) on the list.
Great Britain's National Equine Health Survey (NEHS), held annually every May, has confirmed for the second year that lameness is the most common syndrome affecting the UK’s horses and ponies. This year’s top results, compiled in this report, have also revealed an apparent increase in laminitis compared with previous years.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Morrison: Utilize Support during Stall Time to Prevent Capsular Distortion in the Thoroughbred Racehorse's Foot
The following advice is provided by Scott E. Morrison, DVM of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky:
Foot problems can commonly cause horses to be scratched from a race, lose training days, overload other structures and have shortened careers.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Triple Crown Hindsight: California Chrome's Hoof Bulb Injury in Pictures
Friday, May 23, 2014
E-Hoof: European Hoofcare Educational Reference Takes Profession to the Next Level
This article has been a long time in the making. For years, I have tried to peek behind the curtain while wizards created wonders. Finally, it is time to unveil what is surely the single most ambitious hoof-related education project that anyone has ever undertaken.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Budweiser Clydesdales 2014 Super Bowl Commercial: Expect Big Horses, a Cute Puppy, and An Epic "Awwwww..."
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
The Real Deal: Laminitic Pony in Australia First Horse in History to Wear 3D Printed Titanium Horseshoes
Friday, November 29, 2013
Hoof Explorer: Discover and Interact with the Horse's Foot in Three Beautiful Dimensions, Online
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Rats in the Stable? Check the Horses' Hooves and Your Grandfather's Stable Manual
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Announcing the HoofMakeover Video Series: Farrier Hans Wiza's Case Studies on Restoring Hoof Health
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