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Five X-Rays. Six Months. What Was Happening to This Hoof?
By Lindsay Setchell
Five radiographs over six months record a changing hoof capsule and a horse becoming increasingly uncomfortable.
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When a “Long Toe” Is Not the Whole Story
By Lindsay Setchell
A distorted hoof, a heart bar shoe and a pony said to have nothing more to try - and why the whole capsule, not the apparent toe length, needed a closer look.
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P3 “De-Rotated” in One Trim: What This Cadaver Hoof Shows
By Lindsay Setchell
A small pony’s “coke-can” foot, sectioned before and after one rebalancing trim, and what it asks us about the word rotation.
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When Did You Start Paying Attention to Your Horse’s Feet?
By Lindsay Setchell
Which of these two hooves worried you first? A closer look at two different ponies, and why one photograph never tells the whole story.
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One Foot, Two Trims: What Changes Beneath the Surface?
By Lindsay Setchell
One cadaver pony hoof, two different trim decisions. A practical exercise examining what each choice preserves and removes from the same foot.
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Insight
What Should a Draft Horse’s Foot Look Like?
By Asha Setchell
“Big” does not mean long, overgrown hoof wall. The same foot before and after a trim at one of our North American workshops, and the breadth that belongs to this horse.
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Would You Call This a Normal Foot?
By Lindsay Setchell
A cadaver foot from one of our workshops that looks unremarkable at first glance - and why a 14° coronary band angle asks us to stop and look again.
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Rotation: What Are We Actually Treating?
By Garry Hinton
“Your horse has rotation.” What that word does and does not tell us, and why we also need to ask what has actually changed within the hoof.
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One Hoof. Two Halves. One Lesson.
By Garry Hinton
A cadaver hoof exercise from our workshops: one side trimmed, one left as it was. It is one of the clearest ways to train your eye to recognise balance and imbalance.
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