Thoroughbred Race Horse Breakdown- The Story Of Spider And Training

By admin on October 15th, 2010. This post has No Comments »
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A client of mine had a horse named Spider. Spider is a Thoroughbred gelding right off the race track. I used to shoe Spider before he was sold off by my client. I rather liked him. He was big and warm hearted and really wanted to please. He had terrible feet. Flat footed thin soled [...]

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Navicular Disease, Contracted Heels And Bad Shoeing Practices

By admin on August 26th, 2009. This post has No Comments »
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If you’re studying navicular disease you’re undoubtedly finding a fairly wide array of information. Let’s just look at it from the prevention/shoeing perspective.Navicular disease accurately describes a deteriorating condition of the navicular bones that lie in the horse’s foot. Causes can vary and actually pinpointing the real cause often times is left undetected – there [...]

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