Maybe this has nothing to do with hoofcare or lameness, but it has everything to do with the business we’re in, the people we work with or for, and the horses in our care.
International readers may not know who Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos a…
Two weeks ago, this blog reported the closure of the Equine Hospital at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York after a foal died and later tested positive for Equine Herpes Virus. A gelding at the hospital also bec…
Rex Peterson’s name needs no introduction to horse movie fans. The trainer has been behind the scenes on many of the great horse movies we all know and love. Most recently, he worked on
Secretariat for Disney. Many of us are old enough to remember th…
A plastinated “corrosion cast” of the blood supply in a horse’s foot is created from the foot of a cadaver. Plastic is injected into the veins and, after removing the hoof capsule and processing away any non-vascular tissue, what is left is virtually a…