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Farriers: Send a Note to an Old Friend
Sometimes, it's a good idea to turn off the computer and get out a pen. Rummage around until you find a card or go buy a post card or find a sheet of letterhead or nab a placemat from the diner where you're going to have lunch today. And write a note...
Clog on Clog: Removable System for Laminitis
The Steward Clog is less of a product than a concept. Dr Michael Steward in Oklahoma has created a unique, affordable and simple system for helping foundered horses. We hear about good results with the system from vets and farriers all over the world...
Olympics' Head Farrier Is On His Way to Hong Kong
It's a long, long way from Mold, Wales to Hong Kong, China. But Welsh farrier Ian Hughes already knows the way. (University of Liverpool Equine Hospital photo)Lameness specialist Ian Hughes of Wales is farrier at the Ashbrook Equine Hospital in Chesh...
Newmarket Equine Hospital Rises on the English Heath as Thoroughbreds Gallop By
British horses are conditioned by long gallops on the hilly terrain of the "heath" that surrounds the town of Newmarket, the main training center for flat racing. Horses can gallop on the heath or on all-weather (artificial surface) strips, like this...
Barefoot Racing in California? State Board Seeks More Time for Input, But Bans Heel Nerving and Steroids
A decision had been due in California last week about a proposed rule change that would allow Thoroughbred horses to race barefoot at the state’s tracks, all of which have recently been converted to artificial surfaces.At yesterday’s meeting at D...

