And there's our old friend laminitis, right in the middle of it like the dastardly villain it is, to assure that a happy ending is not likely.
Friday, September 05, 2014
Ghost of WEGs Past: Jumper Presley Boy Euthanized Two Years After Colic-Related Laminitis
And there's our old friend laminitis, right in the middle of it like the dastardly villain it is, to assure that a happy ending is not likely.
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
World Equestrian Games Farriers: Other Countries Heard From
Video: The Hammer of God: A Classic Blacksmith Detective Mystery, Courtesy of "Father Brown" on the Hoof Blog
In this mystery of riddles, a man lies dead in the churchyard. The blacksmith's hammer is found nearby. Surely he committed the murder.
But not so fast...
Monday, September 01, 2014
Gold Medal Farriers: Congratulations to World Equestrian Games Team Farriers
If London was the Twitter Olympics, Normandy is the Instagram WEG. Never have we seen so many images, thanks to our phones. Never have our thumbs been so sore from scrolling through so many images.
The image above is embedded from Instagram. It was posted today on the official account of The Games but no credit is given to the farrier who forged it--or who took the photo or how they managed to take it with all three letters hot! Perhaps official Games farrier Luc Leroy masterminded this?
Friday, August 29, 2014
Video Selfie: Laminitis Researcher Jim Belknap Previews His BEVA "Feet and Farriery" Lecture
As the calendar gets ready to turn to September, it's time for the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress in Birmingham, England. The conference runs from September 10-13, with a full day "Foot and Farriery" program on September 13.
Hooves@War: One Hundred Years Ago: Farrier Ted Garland Left Somerset England on a Dappled Grey Cob
Here's an interesting collection of photos of a farrier in World War I that has come to light. In a key image, you see a squadron of 200 local men and their horses departing for war from Shepton Mallet, Somerset on 14 August 1914. And the first man on the first horse is the farrier.
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