Hoof Care

Explore the history and biomechanics of egg-bar horseshoes in this advanced review of recent research, including studies from 2023 and 2025. Learn how egg-bars influence caudal support, tendon strain, navicular loading, and coffin-bone movement, with practical insights into fitting, footing, clinical uses, and limitations.

Corns in horses are painful sole bruises near the heel, often associated with improper shoe fit, thin soles, or excessive pressure. Learn how to recognize the signs, understand dry, moist, and infected corns, and explore diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and prevention. Discover how regular farrier care and early veterinary attention can help protect your horse’s comfort and soundness.

Hoof balance describes how the shape and alignment of the hoof work with the internal structures of the foot and lower limb during standing and movement. This evidence-based guide explains static and dynamic balance, center of pressure, mediolateral and toe-to-heel loading, breakover, trimming, footing, and why a balanced hoof cannot be defined by perfect symmetry or one universal formula.

Equine canker is a chronic, progressive disease affecting the hoof, most commonly the frog. It involves abnormal growth and breakdown of the hoof’s outer tissue layers. Learn what causes it, how to recognize it, and how to treat it.

Learn the 10 most common causes of lameness in pleasure horses, based on clinical prevalence in general equine practice

Hoof dressings are widely used and heavily marketed, but are the claimed benefits backed up by science? Learn what research has to say about hoof dressings.

Learn how rocker toe horseshoes influence breakover, what conditions they can help with, and when to stay away from them.

A deeper dive into thrush: learn the current scientific consensus on this common hoof ailment

Learn the biomechanical principles that govern hoof landing, impact forces, and breakover mechanics.

Credit: equimanagement White line disease in horses is a quiet, mixed fungal/bacterial invasion of the inner hoof wall (laminar zone) that undermines the wall from the inside. It’s often confused with seedy toe or thrush, but the clues differ: chalky/cheesy horn right at the white line, a hollow tap over the wall, and a toe or quarter flare that keeps coming back. Left alone, it invites repeat abscesses and even partial wall collapse. This guide gives you a fast diagnosis che

A keratoma is a benign ball or column of keratin that grows inside the hoof capsule and slowly pressurizes the sensitive laminae and...

The official trimming and shoeing guide of Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School

Finding the correct horseshoe size isn’t just about comfort—it’s about protecting your horse’s hooves, supporting healthy biomechanics,...

Seedy toe is a common but often overlooked hoof condition that quietly compromises the structural integrity of the horse’s foot. In many...

When it comes to therapeutic shoeing, few tools are as widely used—or misunderstood—as the egg bar shoe. These shoes aren’t just for horses with navicular pain or quarter cracks. When used correctly, they provide targeted support for the back of the hoof, stabilize the hoof capsule, and can even help horses work more comfortably in soft footing. In this post, we’ll break down what egg bars are, how they work, when they’re used (and when they shouldn’t be), and what to conside

What is thrush? Thrush is an anaerobic bacteria and fungus found in the intestinal tract of hooved animals, such as horses. “Anaerobic” means that it grows and thrives in the absence of oxygen. Once thrush gets into a horse’s foot, it attacks the frog, central sulcus, and collateral sulci. In some cases, the infection may also create secondary complications like white line separation or seedy toe , especially if poor hoof hygiene continues. Although thrush is a somewhat commo