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.

MOST FARRIERS have two things in common. They are usually self-employed, and they usually work at full capacity.

After hearing reports about horses becoming lame within 24 hours of vaccination, Texas A&M University researcher Ilka Wagner compared seven chronically laminitic horses and seven healthy horses.

Informal surveys seem to indicate that most farriers are opposed to licensing the trade.

 1. Someone is talking about diamonds, and you assume they mean nippers and not stones.