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Written by "The Foot Doctor"
Contributor for http://www.yourequinesource.com

Hey ! Happy Holidays.

There's been times when i've mentioned the following when it comes to shoeing - "One thing leads to another to another and to another". It's a serious statement and the very reason i personally take shoeing as seriously as i do and urge you to do the same.

There's one area in particular where the above statement really holds… Continue

Making Your Trailer a Horse Sanctuary

I have tried a new method for trailer training that I really love and works great. The problem I have always had with trailer training is that I eventually win and they go in but its not like they really want to, they do it because I bug them enough that they go in so that I will leave them alone. The problem with the trailer is that it resembles a cave and caves are where a horse's predator lives. Horses are basically claustrophobic and it is… Continue

Hello my friends. Would like to thank everyone who comments on these articles, i'm glad to hear they make a difference in your comprehension of your horse's feet.

Today i want to touch on Club feet / the club footed horse. It's quite common to see clubby feet , can't say i've ever seen rear feet with the condition so it's pretty safe to say club feet occur on the front feet as a rule. Though extreme clubby feet can cause problems the good news is i've shod quite a few club footed horses that i'… Continue

Redraw stood out in my July 9 Daily Racing Form past
performances but not for the usual reasons. This 10
year old chestnut gelding brought out the sympathetic
side of this horse racing analyst. For one thing, he
was a ten year old race horse still working hard at
the race track. While the big name thoroughbreds are rushed
off to the breeding shed or the November Bloodstock
sale for the fillies and mares, Redraw was a gelding
whose only course of action was to keep slugging it
out in the claiming… Continue

If you have talent and lots of dedication you can be just as successful as those for whom money is no object.


Exhibitors who keep their horses at home and haul to a trainer for occasional lessons often benefit from their hard work. Plus, because they spend more time in the saddle, they’ll be better able to recognize their horse’s quirks or problem areas.

Keep a diary of your rides write down the amount of time spent riding not the time spent talking to barn buddies. What happened, what worked… Continue