Showing posts with label Hoof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoof. Show all posts
Thursday, February 04, 2021

UC Davis Heumphreus equine foot lecture will be a free online event with focus on farriery, surfaces, foot imaging

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

HoofSearch Publishes Online Donkey Hoof Research Guides Published with Free Access for All

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HoofSearch , the index of equine foot research, has released an updated resource guide to peer-reviewed articles and theses on donkey...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

Godolphin's Masar took the barefoot route to Epsom Derby; farriers detail stable's hoof protocol

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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&#...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

History on the Hoof: Who Shod Dan Patch?

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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, &qu...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Hidden Anatomy: Researchers Make a Case that Modern Horses Have Five Toes--Even If We Can't See Them

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One of the keys to the Solounias research is the leafy construction of the Eponychium hoof covering in the fetal horse. The researchers...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Advanced Farrier Certificate Program Launched at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

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Farrier education in the United States now has a higher level. Today Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) announced ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Case Notes: Inside Bal a Bali’s Laminitis Recovery

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An earlier report on the successful return to racing for Brazilian champion colt Bal a Bali regretted the lack of details about the hors...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Why They Run: The Hoof of Fire Horse Number 12

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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...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

First-Person Research: The Paleopathology of Laminitis in Horses with Lane A. Wallett, DVM

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Lane A. Wallett, DVM is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She presented an abstract on her paleontology rese...
Monday, October 27, 2014

British Non-Farrier Found Guilty of Over-Trimming, Gluing Hoof Boots; Charged as Animal Welfare Act Violations

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The following information is being printed verbatim, except where noted in italics and where spelling has been Americanized. This is a d...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Research: Does the Unshod Dressage Horse Really Bear a Competitive Disadvantage?

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Irish researcher Richard Mott writes: "This photo is an example of some of the gait analysis work I’m doing for my dissertation com...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

New Statistics: Lameness Most Critical Health Problem for British Horses; Laminitis Increased in 2014

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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 ...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Morrison: Utilize Support during Stall Time to Prevent Capsular Distortion in the Thoroughbred Racehorse's Foot

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The following advice is provided by Scott E. Morrison, DVM of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky: Foot problems can...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Triple Crown Hindsight: California Chrome's Hoof Bulb Injury in Pictures

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The dream is over, and that's horse racing. The champion is just a horse, after all. But a special one.
Friday, May 23, 2014

E-Hoof: European Hoofcare Educational Reference Takes Profession to the Next Level

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E-hoof.com is in the launching stage and is available for a ten-day free trial. The massive reference and education site has been under...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Budweiser Clydesdales 2014 Super Bowl Commercial: Expect Big Horses, a Cute Puppy, and An Epic "Awwwww..."

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It's coming. And imagining what it might be will keep us busy for the next 15 days. It's time for the 2014 Budweiser Clydesdale ...
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 29, 2013

Hoof Explorer: Discover and Interact with the Horse's Foot in Three Beautiful Dimensions, Online

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Hoof Explorer is a new interactive 3-D anatomy education tool that is in four languages and has almost infinite capacity for displaying ...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Rats in the Stable? Check the Horses' Hooves and Your Grandfather's Stable Manual

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This is the time of year when some nonpaying and unwanted boarders start moving into stables. The evidence isn't always as obvious a...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Announcing the HoofMakeover Video Series: Farrier Hans Wiza's Case Studies on Restoring Hoof Health

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" HoofMakeover " is a series of downloadable case studies of three trims and/or shoeings that each detail the rehabilitation of...