Readers News

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I have to tell you about last evening. “I’ve been riding my Angel in the LightRider bridle for a couple months now.  When my trainer rides Angel, he uses a snaffle.  Last night he rode  and I had already tacked him up in the LightRider.  My trainer put Angel through all his paces – walk, [...]

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Cynthia’s News

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August is the wettest month of our winter here in Tasmania, but this year we seem to have had more rain than average. The horses are coping well with wet boggy pastures as I have some dry areas where we feed their hay. Fortunately, I’ve had fellow horse lover – Rijke here to help with [...]

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Barefoot News

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The world of natural hoof care just a bit more colorful! The Horse’s Hoof magazine dedicated to all things barefoot is sporting a fancy new look. For those of you not familiar with the magazine, The Horse’s Hoof has been a primary source of information in the barefoot industry for over a decade. The magazine [...]

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Barefoot News

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Barefoot Endurance Success Deb Ryan and her horse Karisma, took out 1st Heavy Weight and Best Conditioned at the WA State Champs after 160kms all barefoot, no boots required. Belinda Taylor (ACEHP) started trimming Deb’s horses and says “Deb has been trimming Karisma herself since September last year and doing a fantastic job. She says that [...]

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Barefoot News

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New Donkey Trimming DVD Pete Ramey have just released a new DVD set dedicated entirely to the hoof care of donkeys. You can read all about it at http://www.hoofrehab.com/DonkeyHoof.htm Laminitis Research DVD In the DVD Finding A Cure For Laminitis you’ll meet some of the current researchers funded by the animal health foundation and get [...]

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Cynthia’s News

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Helpers help the world go round When you live on a property and run your business from home it can be hard to keep up with all the demands, so I am forever grateful to the people who come and stay as live-in students and helpers. In March Mila from Germany came for a month [...]

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Barefoot News

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Polytechnic Hoofcare course With the recent completion of the two week live-in block of this one year course, 20 more student trimmers are now out there doing their assignments, mentorships and case studies. This year they came from all over Australia and as far afield as Germany to learn from the course instructors, Jeremy Ford, [...]

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Barefoot News

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Polytechnic Cert. 3 in Equine Hoofcare Course 6th intake underway With the 6th intake of our Polytechnic Equine Hoof Care course, we are very excited as this is our biggest group yet with some great students from all around Australia plus overseas and still more on the waiting list. Some Statistics for the courses overall: [...]

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Barefoot News

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Book Launch Founder Facts by Jen Clingly and Marg Richardson At the Functional Hoof Conference which is happening right now in Melbourne, Jen and Marg launched their newest booklet to help horse owners access easy to understand information on founder and laminitis. While there are lots of in-depth books, articles and research papers on this [...]

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Barefoot News

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Congratulations to Jo Creagh from Charleville in QLD who has also completed the Cert. 3 in Equine Hoof Care Course. We hope you are on high ground Jo – at least the hooves will be soft for a while and easy to trim after all this rain! Body Posture and Hoofcare One of the MOST [...]

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