US Equestrian Veterinary Summit on Sport Horses report available for download

As a followup to the 2025 US Equestrian Veterinary Summit held in March, the US Equestrian Federation has published a "white paper" report summarizing recommendations from the meeting on best practices in sport horse medicine. The report emphasizes care and welfare of competition horses in the United States.

Today the Hoof Blog offers a preview of some key points in this report.

The Olympic Hoof: US Eventing Horses Try British Concave Shoes for Tokyo

Two distinct styles of horseshoes dominate the sport of eventing, one based in Britain and one in Europe. There is no middle ground, or wasn't, until the US eventing team prepared to embark for Tokyo.

Part 1 of an article series on international eventing shoes the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Hoofcare wisdom has always held that if you want to tell what country an eventing horse is from, you don't need go looking around the stable for a saddlecloth with a flag. Just pick up its feet. You can at least narrow down the possibilities. But after this Olympics, the world map of horseshoes may need to be redrawn.