Genetics aren't destiny when it comes to hoof quality. Here's how diet, exercise and a few specific measures can transform ...

NZPWHS copy Purchased from the SIL Wildlife Conservation Endowment. Useful anatomical terms -- Exterior hoof anatomy : coronary band and hoof wall -- Exterior hoof anatomy : solar view -- Interior ...

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Ross Smith, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, has shod horses for 40 years—a career that led him to develop an innovative tool for balancing a horse’s hoof when trimming and shoeing. “I grew up on a ...

Horse hooves are formed of insensitive, cornified material called horn and can be very resilient to penetration by an object. Inside the hoof capsule lies bone, joints, tendons, ligaments and other ...

Trainer Danny Gargan says it is all systems go for Dornoch ahead of the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) after receiving routine work this week at Churchill Downs on a quarter crack in the colt's right front ...