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Sep 22
11 min

Horse Shoes - Back to the Future

For thousands of years horses roamed the grasslands, surviving, thriving and all without the need for something applied to the bottom of ...

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theequinedocumentalist

Jul 26
12 min

The Hoof - It Is What You Make It

Nature has an inherent ability to improve, to adapt, to survive and to overcome. The miracle of the evolutionary complexities that it cre...

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theequinedocumentalist

Jun 20
9 min

Hoof Pastern Axis - Influential Factors

Hoof pastern axis (HPA) is a term for the relationship between the hoof and the pastern. There are three categories for HPA; broken back,...

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Bio-Tensegrity and Farriery - The Foreword

theequinedocumentalist

Jun 11
4 min

Bio-Tensegrity and Farriery - The Foreword

Tensegrity, a combination of the words “tension” and “integrity”, is a principle that has been used in structural engineering for decades...

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theequinedocumentalist

Jun 8
7 min

Bio-Tensegrity and Farriery

Every biological entity is made up of systems upon systems, existing in symbiosis for the collective good. Even our own evolutionary stor...

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The Unacceptable Norms of Equine Management and the Inevitable Paradigm Shifts

theequinedocumentalist

May 18
10 min

The Unacceptable Norms of Equine Management and the Inevitable Paradigm Shifts

Social norms are a collective representation of acceptable group conduct and an individual’s perception of their particular groups conduc...

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theequinedocumentalist

Apr 30
10 min

Barefoot vs Shod

This debate is often fiercely contested and remains controversial with two schools of thought, traditionally diametrically opposed. As th...

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theequinedocumentalist

Apr 28
5 min

Supporting Limb Laminitis

Most horses will suffer with a severe unilateral lameness at one time in their life, when this is for prolonged periods of time, such as ...

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Haemodynamic Mechanism - The Key to Hoof Health

theequinedocumentalist

Apr 9
9 min

Haemodynamic Mechanism - The Key to Hoof Health

The ability to withstand concussive and load forces is vitally important in musculoskeletal health and the hoof is on the front line. At ...

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theequinedocumentalist

Apr 4
13 min

The Truth about Hoof Pastern Axis

There is conflicting rhetoric traversing the social universe about the importance and ideals of phalangeal alignment and stance angles, c...

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theequinedocumentalist

Mar 19
9 min

The Influences on Shoeing Cycle

Shoeing cycle length is a vitally important factor in hoof health and controlling the morphological changes associated with hoof growth a...

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Myofascial trains, Kinetic chains and Antalgic Posture - Their Farriery Relevance

theequinedocumentalist

Feb 11
9 min

Myofascial trains, Kinetic chains and Antalgic Posture - Their Farriery Relevance

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

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theequinedocumentalist

Jan 26
11 min

The Beginning of the N - Navicular

Navicular syndrome (NS) is all too common a pathology, one paper expressed it as appertaining to a third of all forelimb lameness’ and ye...

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The Hoof - The Beginning and End of the Kinetic Chain

theequinedocumentalist

Jan 13
6 min

The Hoof - The Beginning and End of the Kinetic Chain

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

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theequinedocumentalist

Jan 1
7 min

Ex-Racehorse feet

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

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theequinedocumentalist

Dec 10, 2019
7 min

Horse Shoeing - How Much Length?

There is a long list of factors that influence the amount of length a farrier shoes a horse with, many are environmental; type of work, t...

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Hoof Balance - Shoeing Around the COR in 3 Dimensions

theequinedocumentalist

Nov 25, 2019
9 min

Hoof Balance - Shoeing Around the COR in 3 Dimensions

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

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Farriery Related Conformation-Macro, Micro, Dynamic

theequinedocumentalist

Nov 10, 2019
7 min

Farriery Related Conformation-Macro, Micro, Dynamic

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

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theequinedocumentalist

Oct 30, 2019
8 min

Recognising pain in the horse

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

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theequinedocumentalist

Oct 20, 2019
8 min

Frog Pressure - Modern Applications

Frog function is a vitally important factor in hoof health, a cliché has emerged amongst some farriery circles “use it or lose it.” In th...

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