Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Chain Reaction Traction: Anti-slip Horseshoe Chains Took the Farrier Out of the Equation 100 Years Ago

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This is the latest chapter in the Hoof Blog's series on the history of hooves vs. snow and ice. To read other articles in this s...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Traction History: Non-Skid Over-Shoes Were the Humane Society's Gift to the Horses of New York City

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"Here come the hoof boot angels." That's what the people of New York might have said back in 1919, and for many years af...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Introduction to Winter Traction: Finding the Roots of Today's Safety and Fun Under Foot in Snow and Ice

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Like a scene from Black Beauty , a horse goes down in the shafts of a delivery wagon on a Boston street, sometime between 1917 and 1934. ...
Monday, February 24, 2014

White Turf: How Do Polo Ponies and Racehorses Stay on Their Feet in the St. Moritz Snow?

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A ski-joring horse displays the outside of his right front hoof during a race. Coronet and hoof wall injuries are common when horses are ...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

California Lameness Veterinarian Van Snow Killed in Plane Crash

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9 April 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com Equine lameness specialist veterinarian Vandall E. Snow DVM of Santa Ynez, Cali...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Winter Is Here! So Are Studded Hoof Boots

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6 January 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com This art is from an ad for ice calks that was in the Horseshoers Journal 100 y...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Friends at Work: Ernie Gauoette Shod His Way from the Racetrack to the Show Barn

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Somehow it didn't surprise me to see Ernie Gauoette's picture in the newspaper today. Our friend Ernie has been shoeing show hunters...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Why Don't Penguins' (and Horses') Feet Freeze?

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A popular gift book for Christmas is always “Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze?” It’s been at the top of the nonfiction bestseller list in G...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A Grey Horse Makes Winter More Beautiful...

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Mike Wildenstein sent this photo of what it looks like on his farm in upstate New York this week. That's Mike skidding a log with one of...