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Randy S Luikart

Randy S Luikart

Randy Luikart is a Hall of Fame farrier based in Ashland, Ohio. He has shod horses for more than 50 years and is a past president of the American Farrier’s Association.
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Mechanical Considerations for Shoeing

Are we hindering performance horses, especially racing Thoroughbreds, by failing to consider the hoof and limb mechanics?
By Randy S Luikart posted on December 2, 2019 | Posted in Anatomy
Unfortunately as a community, farriers have been repeatedly force-fed information that is presented as scientific, but in fact bears little or no resemblance to good science or fact. However, there is science known about locomotion and the linear relationship between farrier techniques and altering that locomotion.
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Booknotes: A Super Reference For Every Farrier’s Bookshelf

Scientific Horseshoeing (A reprint of the extremely rare 1906 ninth edition) By Professor William Russell
By Randy S Luikart posted on February 29, 2016 | Posted in Education
This 384-page work by Professor Russell has been a source of valid information for farriers for nearly 140 years. Hardly an article or research paper is written today without containing some reference to his work. That in itself speaks to the necessity of every farrier having this book on his or her bookshelf.
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Booknotes: A Super Reference For Every Farrier’s Bookshelf

Scientific Horseshoeing (A reprint of the extremely rare 1906 ninth edition) By Professor William Russell
By Randy S Luikart posted on February 15, 2016
This 384-page work by Professor Russell has been a source of valid information for farriers for nearly 140 years. Hardly an article or research paper is written today without containing some reference to his work. That in itself speaks to the necessity of every farrier having this book on his or her bookshelf.
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Booknotes: A Super Reference For Every Farrier’s Bookshelf

Scientific Horseshoeing (A reprint of the extremely rare 1906 ninth edition) By Professor William Russell
By Randy S Luikart posted on January 4, 2016 | Posted in Education
This 384-page work by Professor Russell has been a source of valid information for farriers for nearly 140 years. Hardly an article or research paper is written today without containing some reference to his work. That in itself speaks to the necessity of every farrier having this book on his or her bookshelf.
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Toe Mechanics

Taking away the toes hurts the horse more than it helps
By Randy S Luikart posted on July 31, 2015 | Posted in Shoeing, Trimming
In recent years, there has been an abundance of published information on the length of toe affecting normal function of the horse’s limb.
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Clashing Views on Laminitis

A noted farrier questions the basis of an article in the May/June issue and the author responds
By Randy S Luikart and Nicholas B Denson posted on July 1, 2007 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
The May/June 2007 edition of American Farriers Journal had an interesting article by Nicholas Denson. Although it is refreshing to read contributions from someone who is thinking, I would like to make some observations as to the accuracy of some statements.
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