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As a beginner at shoeing my own, John has been incredibly helpful to me: 
Taking time after a 50 to review some of my horses feet. Laura Hayes has 
helped me a lot too. Our local vet school (Cornell) has a resident 
expert farrier and also runs a small farrier school. My husband learned 
to shoe while he was in vet school by hanging out there. His 
Standardbred clients, who shoe their own, helped us a lot. People who 
shoe for performance and have thought about it a lot seem happy to talk 
about it and share. A world away from the "Shut up, I'm the farrier" 
types who don't even want to see your horse walk - let alone trot" and I 
get the impression would really rather that you didn't ride your horse 
either.      Libby

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > John Crandell is scheduled as part of the Ask The Expert panel on 
> > Saturday.
> >     
>
> Nice guy. Very personable. I heard him speak on the Expert panel last
> year. It was pretty general. He emphasized the need for a balanced hoof.
> Wasn't real big on exotic shoes. Said you could shoe one with a lid off a
> tin can if it was balanced right or something like that. When asked for
> specifics it was pretty non-commital..."Every horse is different". Steve
> Rojek's comment on shoeing was something like, "Don't jump around from
> one thing to another". That was pretty much what I got from the panel.
> I'm sure it was good advice but I wasn't able to do much with it. 
>
> .I'd like to see slides and examples, discussion on how to see imbalance
> (don't just tell me to balance it). Slow motion film of hoof hitting
> ground?  I know somewhere in KY they have a high speed treadmill that
> measures the force of the hooves hitting it & has slow motion photography
> or some such analysis technique. I'd love to see video of that, before &
> after shoeing changes, etc. etc. etc. 
>
> I got far more from listening to Jeff Pauley's talk with slides at the
> APEX clinic and later watching him critique shoeing jobs of horses that
> were there. We watched them walk on a flat surface and I filmed and
> watched the footfalls in slow motion when I got home. Filmed my own
> horses in slow motion. Still had no idea whether he'd have approved or
> been horrified at my horse's shoe job.
>
> We all say how much we love our farriers...but I could deal with an ugly,
> late, unpersonable one if he kept my horse sound. Right now I have my
> favorite farrier back from Afghanistan finally, and I can only hope *he*
> can listen to some of these good speakers or talk with those who have
> shod HIGH MILEAGE horses and maybe he can make more sense out of it than
> I can. I darn near won the Lightweight division points race one year on
> an improperly shod horse, so I'm being specific that I want to hear from
> farriers who have kept several endurance horses going for years and years
> and miles and miles. Anybody want to submit some names?
>
> Angie
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