WET LABS & BONUS SESSIONS
Additional Educational Opportunities to Enhance Your Hoof-Care Learning
Wet Lab Sessions
Special Equine Limb Dissection with Mitch Taylor
Tuesday, January 21, from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Understanding anatomy is the foundation of farriery. International Horeshoeing Hall of Famer Mitch Taylor of the Kentucky Horseshoeing School presents a special, extended equine limb dissection featuring an interactive discussion of vital structures that improves your understanding of quality hoof care. Admission is $99. Attendance is limited. Sign up when you register for the Summit.
VIP Hands-On Sole-Hoof Wall Immobilization Wet Lab with Shane Westman
Tuesday, January 21, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Woodside, Calif. farrier Shane Westman will lead an exclusive hands-on wet lab to apply a novel sole-hoof wall immobilization technique for stabilizing P3 fractures. The technique was published in 2024 by Veterinary Surgery and provides a new tool for your footcare arsenal. Admission is $199. Attendance is limited. Sign up when you register for the Summit.
VIP Hands-On Dissection Wet Lab with Paige Poss
Session #1 - Tuesday, January 21, from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. SOLD OUT!
Session #2 - Wednesday, January 22, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. SOLD OUT!
The external appearance of the equine hoof offers farriers and veterinarians indications of what is transpiring with the internal structures. In this 2-hour VIP Hands-On Dissection Wet Lab, Paige Poss of Tucson, Ariz. will lead a lively and informative discussion in which attendees inspect cadaver limbs before, during and after dissection. Admission is $169. ** Join the wait list when you register.
University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Private Tour
Friday, January 24 @ 1 p.m.
Sign Up for this Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Private Museum Bonus Tour with Dr. Deb Bennett When You Register for the Summit.
The International Hoof-Care Summit is proud to be partnering with the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History in Lawrence, KS, for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes opportunity on Friday , January 24.
Dr. Deb Bennett, of the Equine Studies Institute, and Dr. Robert M. Timm, curator emeritus of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, will lead a private behind-the-scenes guided tour of the museum’s Mammals Division. This “bonus” tour will build on Dr. Deb Bennett’s Summit presentations including: Horse Conformation for Farriers: Fallacies and Insights; Equine Check, Stay & Reciprocating Systems: The Big Picture; and Supporting the Hoof, Supporting the Client: Lessons Farriers Can Teach.
The exclusive tour offers an up-close view of the skeleton of Ethan Allen, America’s most famous horse from 1850-1875. The handsome liver bay Morgan trotter had an 18-season racing career, among the longest in history. He was the first horse to record an official time of 2:30 or less for the mile at a trot. This remains the standard for harness trotters to this day.
Attendees also will see the Comanche exhibit, dedicated to one of the few equine survivors of Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn. L.L. Duche and C. Saunders, the early museum scientists, meticulously prepared Comanche’s body for exhibit. The horse underwent restoration in 2005 and remains in a low-light, temperature-controlled environment to protect it.
The private tour also includes various examples of equine hoof and bone pathologies in the extensive Mammals Division, skeletons of other equids, such as African zebras, and skeletons of animals closely related to horses, like rhinos. Tour participants also will be able to get up close to specimens on the central worktable.
The museum is about a 45-minute drive from the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel. The tour, which will be Friday, Jan. 24 during museum hours, is open exclusively to a limited number of registered Summit attendees. Admission is $50. Attendees will need to arrange their own transportation to the museum.
EasyCare Glue-On Clinic
Join EasyCare Inc, for a rare opportunity to work hands-on with Garrett Ford of EasyCare, Derek Poupard of 3D HoofCare, and Jim Blurton of Jim Blurton Farrier Products!
When: Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Session 1: 8:30-9:30am
Session 2: 10:30-11:30am
Participants will attend a brief lecture by Garrett, Derek, and Jim followed by hands-on learning with the EasyShoe 3D, EasyShoe Roller, and new EasyShoe One.
Additionally, farriers will leave with a gift — a pair of shoes or an EasyCare Hoof Pick Wire Brush!
You must be a registered attendee of the 2025 International Hoof-Care Summit to attend. Each sessions is limited to 30 participants, so be sure to register ASAP! You don't want to miss this event.
Questions about the International Hoof-Care Summit?
Contact American Farriers Journal
by phone at (866) 839-8455 or (262) 432-0388; by fax at (262) 786-5564;
by email at info@americanfarriers.com
To learn about sponsorship opportunities contact Michael Ellis
at (262) 777-2432 or mellis@lessitermedia.com
To learn about group attendance discounts contact Joanne Volkert
at (262) 777-2442 or jvolkert@lessitermedia.com
