Where do you hurt and what can we do about it?”

That’s the question that Gene Ovnicek, farrier and founder of EDSS, wished he could ask horses he worked with. It’s what drove the development of the KrosschecK Equine Leverage Testing Device.

He discussed the significance of leverage testing and its utility in shoeing lame horses at the 15th annual International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.

An enormous amount of stress is put on horses’ joints as they perform most regular activities — even turning corners.

“We ask them to turn corners faster than the next guy, because there’s money or ribbons at stake,” Ovnicek says. “One of the innovations that have been made recently as far as manufactured shoes is to sort of roll the toe to make it easier for that horse. The most important thing is to get the foot prepped and get the shoe in the right spot so that can happen optimally.”

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