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08/30/2025

08/28/2025

08/27/2025

Pete Ramey: The Bars of the Hoof "Leaving a longer bar (and sole ridge around the frog) accelerates the process of achieving a deeply concaved sole by providing support to the internal structures and reducing sole wear. I already learned this lesson about the other parts of the foot years ago. The less I trimmed the sole, the deeper the solar concavity became. The less I shortened the foot, the shorter the foot became. The less I trimmed frogs, the more sound the horses were. Every time I have learned to back off, my horses became more sound, and the rehabilitation of pathologies accomplished more quickly. I was a just a bit slower in seeing the same truth about the bars. Now I’ve come to view them as a critically important weight-bearing structure and see that as with every other part of the foot, over-trimming them makes them grow too long, too fast."
Read more: https://www.thehorseshoof.com/pete-ramey-the-bars-of-the-hoof/

08/19/2025

These old videos are so valuable as it shows how correct riding should be done!
Beautiful,light,balanced ,joyous!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtt0Le6Nx_4&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQxhBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqtW7Z087nLfZGTPeHEbfQyvkVfh0vpLf1VRXw3VIA9cMXoA3p8Mm75gIOin_aem_wRjj5pxM7BsIRXAMBEIdmg

Step back to the 1948 Olympics and witness riders training in the timeless art of classical dressage. This rare footage showcases Olympic dressage riders pre...

08/16/2025

A correct trim is so crucial to your horses health and soundness