Items Tagged with 'equine biomechanics'

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Influencing Diagonal Gait of Trot

How the horse compensates for outside influences

By Randy S Luikart posted on March 9, 2025 | Posted in Shoeing, Trimming

There are lateral gaits and/or diagonal gaits that are required performance of the horses we shoe or trim. Some are natural lateral gaits, like Icelandic and Paso Fino horses, and some are learned, like five-gaited Saddlebred horses.

When Should the Equine Hoof & Pastern Angle Line Up?

Simulated mid-stance position allows evaluation of the mechanics of the hoof, pastern angle & fetlock

By Randy S Luikart posted on December 18, 2024 | Posted in Anatomy

I don’t know about you, but it has been pounded into my head for years that the hoof and pastern angle should line up.

This Week

Hoof-Care Highlights: July 6, 2024

By American Farriers Journal Staff posted on July 6, 2024

This Week: Hoof-care professionals across the country and the ocean are sharing what they know with others in the industry through social media, webinars and videos. Here are a few of our favorites.

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Quantifying the Hoof in Support of Evidence-Based Farriery

October 28, 2020 | Posted in Education

Monique and John Craig of EponaMind discuss the state of the art in keeping track of the hoof. They explore the hardware and software that can be used to image and measure the hoof, what the measurements mean, and how they are used and reported.

Equine Reciprocating Systems: Connecting Tendon to Bone

The third installment of this series examines bone formation and its relationship to the muscle tendon

By Deb Bennett posted on December 3, 2019 | Posted in Anatomy

The forelimb reciprocating apparatus of the horse is a unique and important biomechanical system that every farrier must understand before good decisions concerning hoof trim and appliances can be made. Detailed study of tissue types is the first step, but we also have to be careful of our choice of terminology.

How Ground Surfaces Influence Performance Horses

Research team examines how footing can help and hinder equine athletes

By Jeff Cota posted on March 18, 2019 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Lamenesses

Farriers and equine veterinarians invest a great deal of time and effort into mitigating the injury risks with the equine athletes in their charge. Much of that focus falls on the ground surfaces that these performance horses compete on.

What Were Farriers' Online Footcare Interests in 2017?

EDUCATION Here’s a look at the “most viewed” content during the past year that appeared on the American Farriers Journal’s digital media platforms

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 6, 2018

Before we get wrapped up in everything new for 2018, now is a good time to take a few minutes to look back at a few items in the footcare world that were the most popular among American Farriers Journal digital platform viewers in the past year.

Why Equine Bones Break and Tendons Rupture

Understanding anatomy and physics can help prevent severe injuries

By Audrey Pavia | Posted in Anatomy, Education, Lamenesses

The life of one of the most promising racehorses of our time was cut short in 2006 after a long struggle to recover from a shattered fetlock. Barbaro’s injury at the Preakness Stakes and the New Bolton Center's heroic attempts to save him drew a lot of attention to the question of why so many young performance horses suffer from broken bones and ruptured tendons. Are these kinds of injuries inevitable? Should we give up trying to solve this problem?

News & Notes

2016 IHCS Day 2: Walking A Fine Line With Horses

By Jeff Cota posted on February 3, 2016 | Posted in Anatomy, Disciplines & Breeds, Education, Equipment, Lamenesses, Shoeing, Therapeutic Shoeing, Trimming

There are safety factors all around us — ladders, bridges, elevators and a host of others. Safety factors tell us how much more load can put on a structure before it fails.

News & Notes

Equine Research Foundation Meets Oak Tree’s $100,000 Challenge Gift

July 21, 2015 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Education, Diseases, Lamenesses

Source: Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation

The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation has met the $100,000 challenge gift announced by Oak Tree Racing Association in January 2015.

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Videos

Organized & Efficient to Better Serve Farriers w/Oleo Acres: 2025 Supply Shop of the Year

Oleo Acres Farrier and Blacksmith Supply owner Rob Michel walks viewers through the Littleton, Colo., warehouse. Inventory is organized with the customer in mind. If the product is in stock and easy to find, farriers can spend more time under a horse, which Michel says is more money in your pocket.

Events

Sheehan Equine Farrier Clinic

Date: 06/06/26

Location: Laurel, MT

Sheehan Equine is hosting a farrier clinic June 6-7, 2026, in Laurel, Mont. The clinician is Blane Chapman.

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