Belgium researchers unexpectedly found higher loading of the toe zone during analysis of hoof balance in five warmblood horses with toed-in conformation.
Turmeric, an Asian spice, has an impressive resume of reducing inflammation, relieving pain, protecting against brain degenerative diseases and suppressing insulin resistance.
Researchers in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers University have hypothesized that pasture-induced laminitis might develop in horses as a result of exposure to potential bacterial pathogens that are present in pasture grass and are ingested as horses graze.
In the early morning hours of March 30, 1890, in Washington, D.C., the collision of two horse-drawn fire wagons racing to answer an alarm seemed a minor matter. The vehicles — a hose cart and a heavy steam engine — continued on their way to the fire.
If you threw Billy Huffman into a time machine and sent him 200 years into the past he’d be just fine. That’s because Huffman has spent a lifetime mastering a trade whose technology and tools haven’t changed much in the last 2,000 years.
It is a time-honored but false assumption that gals just can’t out-muscle unruly horses or take the back-bending work like guys can. But Eli Pettitt uses “leverage and my brain” rather than brawn when dealing with problem farrier customers.
With a 15-inch-long beard that’s been growing for 15 years, New Jersey farrier Frank Bevacqua has been selected as the American Farriers Journal “2025 Farrier Beard of the Year” winner.
Glue-U is sponsoring a clinic ata the Lookout School of Horseshoeing on Oct.18, in Gadsden, Ala. Eric Gilleland and Roy Verocay will be clinicians, The clinic runs from 8 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. For more information, contact Lookout Mountain https://www.horseshoeingschool.com.
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