This year, we've added farrier Mike Bagley of North Industry, Ohio, and veterinarian M.W. "Tookie" Myers of Chesapeake, Va., to the International Hoof-Care Summit advisory board.
Two horses that had been neglected for at least 15 years were discovered on a Maryland farm this week. They were found in a stall piled high with 3 to 4 feet of manure, and their hooves had grown to over three feet long.
The Kentucky Derby Museum, along with the 2015 Secretariat Festival and Secretariat.com, have applied to Guinness World Records as it attempts to create the largest horseshoe.
As a New York City Hall candidate, he vowed to ban horse carriages on “day one” — but Mayor de Blasio is finally admitting he bit off more than he can chew.
At the rear side of the pastern on each equine limb are two small sesamoid bones that provide anchor points for the two branches of the suspensory ligament. As elements of the pastern joint, the sesamoids are under stress each time the horse takes a step.
A study of horses with equine metabolic syndrome showed that weight loss, managed by their owners at home, reduced insulin resistance and susceptibility to laminitis.
Disease of the navicular bone, also called the distal sesamoid bone, and its associated soft tissues often are at the root of chronic forelimb lameness. Though young horses might be affected, navicular disease typically crops up in mature riding horses.
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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