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Applying the Heart-Bar Horseshoe

Therapeutic shoe can be a helpful solution in certain hoof-care cases, but a detriment if incorrectly applied
By Wayne Preece posted on March 5, 2022 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses, Therapeutic Shoeing

The heart-bar shoe is arguably one of the most used and recognized therapeutic shoes in modern farriery. The late Burney Chapman popularized the use of the heart bar. The Lubbock, Texas, farrier reintroduced the shoe to the farrier industry, most notably at the 1984 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention with fellow legend Dr. George Platt.



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Heart Bar Horse Shoe Picture taken from Dollar and Wheatly Handbook of Horseshoeing 1898.

Summary of the Heart-Bar Shoe Application

The heart-bar shoe can be a helpful solution in certain hoof-care cases, but a detriment if incorrectly applied
By Wayne Preece posted on September 2, 2021

The heart-bar shoe is arguably one of the most used and recognized therapeutic shoes used in modern farriery. The late Burney Chapman popularized the use of the heart bar. 


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Compensation or Conformation?

By Wayne Preece posted on August 2, 2018 | Posted in Education, Diseases, Lamenesses
When we are trimming, we can have dramatic effects on the horse that perhaps we don’t realize. Uneven foot dressing can cause horses to adopt a stance that might be mistaken for poor conformation. One of the first things that I ask is whether a horse has poor conformation or adopted a compensatory stance? One is easy to fix, while the other is not.
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