DOES ANY ORGANIZATION out there think it’s got the shoeing knowledge to take on the Southern Horseshoers On Education (S.H.O.E.)? Well, S.H.O.E. says bring it on!

I was reading a hoof-care magazine the other day and ran into an article on onion shoes. Basically an onion shoe is nothing but a shoe that’s shaped to make the bars share some of the weight that the hoof wall has to deal with.

AT TIMES, there are good reasons for using a plate to cover the sole area of a horse’s foot. It may be to protect a bruised sole or frog or for keeping medication in the proper place.