Monday, May 14, 2018
Farm Bill amendment revives drive for Horse Protection Act revisions; Walking horse pad stacks, action devices would be outlawed by 2020
Monday, May 07, 2018
Badminton's Farriers Prize 2018 to Liam Collins
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British rider Dani Evans and her horse Smart Time won the Farriers Prize at Badminton Horse Trials for 2018. Smart Time is shod by Liam Collins, a farrier in North Somerset, England. |
If you think that the upcoming Royal Wedding in England sounds romantic, wait until you read this. The lightning-bolt connection between three-day event riders, horses and farriers is magical when it strikes and all three emerge from a top competition effort safe and sound and happy.
But what about when the relationship is more than professional? It happened again this weekend, and they all lived happily ever after.
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Laminitis research: Even healthy older horses have increased insulin responses
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.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Impactful Hoof Research in New Zealand: Computer Model to Gauge Equine Limb Reaction to Change in Surface Condition
Researchers at New Zealand's Massey University are creating a dynamic computer model of the racehorse limb in motion. Their goal is to use it compute the effects of a change in surface on the limb.
Thursday, April 05, 2018
ARCI Racing welfare forum: Bisphosphonate medication regulation in American flat and harness racing; risk and protective factors in flat racing
This week's Animal Welfare Forum, held at the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) 84th annual conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas included discussion of how racing regulators might address abuse of equine medications known as bisphosphonates.
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