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theequinedocumentalist
- Nov 17, 2020
- 8 min
Palmar Angles
There is much debate about the ideal angle for the pedal bone to sit at in relation to the ground. Some sects suggest a palmar angle of 0...
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theequinedocumentalist
- Oct 25, 2020
- 6 min
Wet-Dry Cycles - Effect on the Hoof
Winter is coming and with it comes the rain and mud and boggy fields. The reality is in the wild horses would never choose to stand in sa...
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theequinedocumentalist
- Sep 22, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Jun 11, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Apr 30, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Apr 4, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Jan 26, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Jan 13, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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theequinedocumentalist
- Nov 25, 2019
- 10 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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