The Equine Documentalist

The relationship between conformation and hoof morphology has been studied, Curtis (2002) outlined the effect of limb deformities on hoof […]

Navicular syndrome (NS) is all too common a pathology, one paper expressed it as appertaining to a third of all

Often horses and their teams of professionals struggle with perpetuating cycles. Vets, and physios in particular struggle with re-occurring, higher,

Why do so many ex-racehorses have bad feet? This very interesting question was asked to me recently and the answer

There is a long list of factors that influence the amount of length a farrier shoes a horse with, many

A question that is asked very often whenever people are looking for advice on farriery related issues is “what shoe

A horses conformation is the way it is made up, its structure, how its body parts relate to each other

Many, many horses are in unrecognised pain. As their owners and caring professionals the responsibility lies with us to get

Frog function is a vitally important factor in hoof health. A cliché has emerged amongst some farriery circles “use it

Wedges are widely debated in the farriery world, do they help to create better geometric hoof proportions in a broken

Farriery care can often be guilty of being fore limb focused, most of the research on horses’ feet has been

There is a complexed relationship between the hoof, its conformation and the forces applied to it which affects the entire