The subject of heel springs came up on the Farrier's Forum: WTH are heel springs?. This led us to recall this article by the late, great Burney Chapman on using heel springs. Chapman felt that on base-narrow horses that this technique was more gimmick than sound practice. What do you think? A PDF of the 1997 story is linked to below.
Heel Spring Article by Burney Chapman
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