In the study, seven previously barefoot horses were trimmed every six weeks with a technique that leveled the hoof to the live sole, lowered the heels, beveled the toe, and rounded the peripheral ...

Without regular trimming, a horse’s hooves will continue to grow, eventually becoming so long that each hoof curls at the toe. In the wild, horses are constantly on the move and cover varying ...

Barefoot trimmers work to improve the integrity of the hoof. Trimming is carried out to maximise sole depth for the protection of the pedal bone, the bottom-most bone in a horse’s leg.

Many people copy the “barefoot trim” which is the short toe shape of the wild horse with only four points of hoof wall contact (the heels, and each side of the toe).

For “barefoot” horses, the process ends after trimming, but with or without shoes, a farrier is crucial to protecting the animal’s hooves from imbalance or injury.

This, combined with the quality of the horse’s hooves, will help you and your farrier to decide how to trim or shoe your horse (barefoot, front shoes only, shod all the way around, etc., as well ...

Michelle Constantine (kneeling), Cindy Johnson and Ella Worthington listen as Jerry Schmidt stresses the importance of thoroughly cleaning tiny rocks and debris out of all of the hoof’s nooks and ...