Bean Barefoot

23/06/2025

We love our new home so close in walking distance to Te horo beach 🥰 Such a great variation of terrain for the horses , frogs and different wildlife all around us ! Simply magic x 😇🥰

13/06/2025

Also sooo true !!!

13/06/2025

This is so true !

20/05/2025

Waiting patiently for her boyfriend Cruize to come home 🥰

17/05/2025

One of the many lectures I attended with Bob Bowker😁 What an amazing, intelligent man , taught me so much the over the past few years ... My absolute Guru and I insist if you are learning about hooves please study this mans knowledge first 😉

17/05/2025

Flicking through some old notes study material from years ago ... thought you might find this interesting 🫠

15/05/2025

True partnership in the saddle means active listening, thoughtful guidance, and shared effort. It’s not just about sitting pretty — it’s about being present, responsive, and responsible for every stride.

A passenger follows the movement.
A partner shapes it with clarity, softness, and intention.

Whether you’re schooling at home or competing in the arena, strive to ride with your horse, not on them. That’s where real harmony begins.

14/05/2025

Cruise at his best ! Loves visiting rest homes 😇🥰😍

25/04/2025

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This time of year, springtime in the northern hemisphere, if I see any “sudden” or new hoof problems, I assume it’s the grass.

Is your horse moving a little slower than previously? A little “lazier” all the sudden?

Is your horse suddenly less willing to canter or trot in turn out?

Is your horse now picking their path a bit more on the trail, and avoiding stones more than usual?

Do you have a resurgence of thrush, wall cracks or chips, white line disease, or hoof quality issues?

Is that old on again/off again lameness suddenly “on” again?

Does your horse turn a little slower than before, and you think it’s just their arthritis suddenly flaring up (even though the weather is warming up)?

It might be the grass.

If your horse has ANY access to grass this time of year, even if it’s just the grass edging in a “dry lot” paddock, and you see any change in hoof comfort, soundness, or hoof quality- it might be the grass.

I know your horses love it. I know you love to see them happy. I know for some “they never had issues with the grass before.”

Just trust me. Trial your horse off fresh spring grass and see if you notice any difference in comfort or new hoof growth at the hairline.

I’m telling you. It might be the grass.

Photo of one of my “grass free tracks” with a little bit of grass edging which could even be too much for a super sensitive horse.

16/03/2025

Home made Natural Horse Licks 😄 Ready for the day !

10/03/2025

Sub solar abscesses and chronic laminitis go hand in hand.

The destructive effects of laminitis at the tissue level very often leads to multiple abscesses.

This foot had sub solar abscesses and chronic laminitis.

This is a Sagittal section.

The sole depth was about 1 mm and was bulging outwards.

The coffin bone and the associated tissue it had attached to it plunged down because the laminar attachment failed.

The weight of the horse and the failed suspensory apparatus of the distal phalanx lead to what is called distal descent.

This was the foot I studied on Friday in my zoom class. The video will be available in around 10 days.

It was a really interesting foot. Sad, so sad, and my gut feeling is that the whole issue was down to inappropriate diet…..
Green green cow grass. Full of sugar.
Every step a new mouthful of sugar laden grass.

I saw the paddock she lived in.
It was like a lolly factory.

09/03/2025

Sole lipping in laminitis.
When the laminar wedge is formed, it is a chaotic mess of cells from the epidermal lamellae, the sole and the white line. They divide without “purpose’ and are not under the normal control of normal cell division biological Instructions.

One of the issues with the laminar wedge is what I have seen on many occasions during my dissections is sole lipping.
The sole starts to grow inwardly and again, like the laminar wedge, it is chaotic. It is not under the normal control and this is a big issue inside the foot.

I did not realise what I was looking at until I did a zoom session with Prof Pollitt and he explained this to me.

The sole lipping, as it grows inwards towards the coffin bone, it destroys it. It’s due to osteoclastic activity that is in overdrive in laminitis plus the pressure of the sole lip on the coffin bone.

So the key in laminitis is to halt it asap to avoid any more destruction of the laminar bond, and then the formation of the laminar wedge.