INTERNATIONAL HOOF-CARE SUMMIT AGENDA
2019 PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE! Featuring 70+ targeted sessions over 4 days, the 16th annual International Hoof-Care Summit will immerse you in in-depth hoof-care knowledge on everything from trimming and shoeing techniques to business management to treating hoof problems, and much more. Download the just-released speaker program to see for yourself why this will be your most productive 4 days of hoof-care learning all year.
Daily Agenda
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Final Call — Pick From 5 Highly-Intensive Hoof-Care Classrooms
- Diagnosis Of And Shoeing For Soft Tissue Injuries In Western Horses.
- Cold Shoeing Vs. Hot Shoeing.
- INNOVATIVE FOOTCARE SERIES: Exploration Of Gait Analysis And Its Impact On Footcare.
- BETTER BUSINESS SERIES: The Next Step In Credentialing: Hunters/Jumpers.
- Understanding Addiction and PTSD, And Their Impact On Farriers.
9:30 to 9:45 a.m.
Networking Break
During a break in this morning’s activities, share some take-home points you picked up from the hoof-care classroom you just attended.
9:45 to 10:35 a.m.
General Session: A Comparison Of Two Different Dorsal Hoof Wall Trimming Techniques
This presentation focuses on Steven Beane’s decade-long journey and his quest to assess the effect different dorsal hoof wall trimming techniques have on the strength of the dorsal hoof wall using scientific data. Comparing the dressing of the dorsal hoof wall flat from proximal to distal border or to dump the dorsal hoof wall (known as Dorsal rounding). Do these two standardized trimming techniques have an effect on the mechanics of the dorsal hoof wall or solar arch?
Steven Bean
WCBC Champion, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
10:35 to 11:25 a.m.
General Session: How Surface Materials Are Influencing Shoeing
In this lecture, Grimley farrier and researcher Dr. Mark Caldwell will pull from his studies and experiences as a farrier to examine the impact that various footing has on how farriers approach shoeing. With changes in and adaptations of synthetic surfaces, the farrier’s job in considering aspects such as traction becomes increasingly important and challenging.
Dr. Mark Caldwell
Grimley farrier and researcher
11:25 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
General Session: Together We Can Eradicate Club Foot
Newmarket, England, farrier and researcher Simon Curtis reminds that club foot is the result of an unresolved flexural deformity affecting the distal interphalangeal joint. The combined myotendinous unit causes a positive rotation in the distal phalanx and leads to a deformity to the hoof capsule. Club foot in maturity is untreatable, although it may be mitigated by skillful farriery. In this presentation, he stresses that early recognition and treatment of the flexural deformity successfully eradicates club foot.
Dr. Simon Curtis
farrier and researcher, Newmarket, England
12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
Friday Lunchtime Panel: Presented By Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center —
Considerations For Optimizing Performance Of The Equine Athlete
There are many ways to help horses of all performance reach their potential. There are considerations that each farrier goes though in the evaluation and shoeing that are particular to their practices. In this session, these farriers will share cases that exhibit how they approach this subject by sharing a case in which a horse benefited from shoe, selection, modification and placement.
Dr. Scott Flemming
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, Ky.
Grant Moon
Rugeley, England
1:45 to 2:35 p.m.
General Session: Proven Strategies To Maximize Any Hoof-Care Business —
Profit, Flexibility And Freedom
It is easy to tell other farriers what to do with their businesses if you haven’t struggled from the bottom. Now in Weatherford, Texas, Lee Olsen came from the fourth poorest county in the United States. In this presentation, he’ll share examples from his own journey that helped him turn a flat practice into a financially successful one. Part inspirational-part practical, Olsen will lend advice on many points to improve your business direction.
Lee Olsen
Farrier, Weatherford, Texas
2:35 to 2:50 p.m.
Closing Notes
We’ll close the 16th annual International Hoof-Care Summit with an inspirational talk from a guest farrier that will fire you up to head home and use the knowledge you’ve gained.
Learn Successful Hoof-Care Strategies From These Top Experts and Many More!
Jay Tovey
Bedfordshire, England farrier Jay Tovey has over 20 years of farrier experience and has many distinguishing accomplishments, including passing the Fellowship exam in 2017 — an achievement held by only a handful of people in the world. He was also awarded Farriery examiner and judge by The Worshipful Company of Farriers. Tovey was a farrier for the 2012 Olympics in London.
Dr. Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis is a practicing farrier and worldwide lecturer from New Market, England. With 40 years of hoof-care experience, he has demonstrated farriery on six continents and published three textbooks on farrier practices. Curtis was awarded a doctorate for his project studying the development of the foal's hoof and has completed a six year Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program at the University of Central Lancashire. Among many of his accomplishments, Curtis was awarded an Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, being the first farrier to ever receive this award.
Mike Wildenstein
Mike Wildenstein is among only four people in the world to have passed the distinguished Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Farriers examination in the United Kingdom with an “Honors” designation, as well as one of only a handful of farriers in the U.S. who have passed the Fellowship exam. He spent 19 years as resident farrier and adjunct associate professor at Cornell University and continues to share his knowledge through clinics, consultations and various other forms of media.
Frank Reilly
Dr. Steve O' Grady
Dr. Mark Caldwell
Mitch Taylor
Dr. Scott Fleming
Steve Foxworth
Steve Beane
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 Jeremy McGovern
at (262) 777-2410 or jmcgovern@lessitermedia.com
To learn about group attendance discounts contact Dallas Ziebell
at (262) 777-2412 or dziebell@lessitermedia.com
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