Sam Fowler Farrier

19/05/2026

A simple explanation of toe levers and toe length….my video skills and presentation skills are a bit rusty!

19/05/2026

A viral post is telling owners that toe length doesn’t matter for laminitic horses, and that the vets and farriers recommending you take the toe back are wrong. The published research, the r…

13/05/2026

Recently seen posts talking about toe length and lever forces? Hear the cold hard, evidence based truth, not the ideology engineering the outcome.

Co- authored post by me and HoofFlix team,

https://www.facebook.com/share/1LCdcdagFA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

A viral post is telling owners that toe length doesn’t matter for laminitic horses, and that the vets and farriers recommending you take the toe back are wrong. The published research, the r…

12/02/2026

Diamonds are girls best friend…..especially for Inca who needs a little more support!

Pads will help to spread the load of the horse across the whole hoof capsule, as well as promote better blood flow.

Any questions, feel free to ask!

27/01/2026

My first credited authorship, a review of multiple thesis' on the Golden Ratio!

Mitchel D., Balchin P., Fowler S., Caldwell M. Golden ratio in equine hoof geometry. HoofFlix.com Keywords: horse; hoof balance; golden ratio; Kepler triangle; dorsopalmar balance Summary Backgrou…

15/01/2026

I fitted a pair of glue on shoes to Iggy the sensitive thoroughbred today. Walked off feeling so much better!

10/07/2025

Let’s go Indie Vaughan-JonesIndie Vaughan-Jones Eventing

09/06/2025

This is Bob

Bob is old enough to know better

Bob wants to does this every time mid fitting his shoes and has a roll and/or a p*e. The banks are all put up against the wall for me to shoe, he systematically walks round pulling them all down. If I don’t let him do this, he has a strop!

Don’t be like Bob

13/04/2025

The Easter Holidays means bring your kids to work - first call on Friday was sedation for a nervous pony, he didn’t respond enough to standing sedation, so Fakenham Farm and Equine Vets put him on the floor.

He was booked for a castration as well - at the potential sign of blood, one child disappeared- she swiftly came back with a chocolate biscuit to watch!

27/08/2024

Today has been a day of plastic shoes, black ones for repair and clear ones to maintain the benefits of shoes whilst minimising the compromise made by nailing shoes on.

Are they the future? Let me know your thoughts