Shoeing performance horses don’t require bells and whistles. Quite the contrary, says Lexington, Ky., farrier Bobby Menker.
“Just keep it simple,” he told attendees at the Wisconsin Equine Clinic & Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wis. “We start at the coronary band and then try to build a base all the way down. This is what I like to build for.”
Farriers spend a lot of energy, effort and expertise to keep their charges’ feet in tip-top shape so that their clients can continue year-round. Some farriers have clients who opt to migrate their horses to other locations beyond their “home base” for part of the year, such as those whose clients show during the winter in Florida.
The Kentucky Horseshoeing School is sponsoring a clinic on the correct use and miss-use of composite shoes, foot orthotics and foot glues. The “Modern Materials” 2-day clinic will be held at the campus of the Kentucky Horseshoeing School on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 25-26.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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