Instructions on building the shoe and entering the exercise are at AmericanFarriers.com/summitshoe.

Dimensions (measurements): 5 inches at the widest part of the shoe, 5 ¼ inches from the heels to toe, 3 inches to the from the tip of one heel to the other.

THE JUDGING CRITERIA

The steps for the sidebone shoe are guidelines to give you a starting point, but use your imagination to make it to the specs delivered. Matching these specs is most important. In terms of the judging, the other areas we’ll look at include:

• How is the nail fit? Are the nail holes center of stock (two on the lateral and three on the medial)?
• Is the shoe safed off to the medial toe and fullered on the medial?
• Flat is important, and flatness will factor into the judging, but I will first look at the previously…