ridecamp@endurance.net: Squaring the Toe

Squaring the Toe

Steve Hallmark (cowboytex@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 21:47:50 -0800

Okay Tom,

You've got my interest up. Here in the NW, there are a lot of vets and
very knowledable farriers, who are recommending performance horses be
trimmed and shod using the "Four Point" method developed by Gene Ovnicek
(http://www.horseshoes.com/advice/ovnicek1/intwtgno.htm) . The four point
method is based upon Gene's reseach with BLM mustangs and their natural
hoof wear. As such, it requires trimming the hoof, squaring of the toe,
and shaping the shoe to mimic the natural break over of the horses hoof -
if it were allowed to go barefoot.

Is this the same as your refering to as squaring the toe?

Interested in your thoughts,

Steve

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