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REFERENCES [1] The Palmar Metric: Quantify-


“One of the most important things to remember when your horse has dry, hard hooves that are cracking is NOT to overfi ll your water troughs and create ‘mud’ for them to stand in or moist conditions. Mud is a poultice and it draws or wicks away moisture!” —Darla Wright, DVM


“Caution should be taken to not remove too much sole, even if it appears to be very dry. T e sole provides support to the pedal bone and serves as an insulator against the heat.” —Monique Craig


ing the Quality of the Equine Distal Phalange, John J. Craig, Monique Craig, Mat hew Burd, DVM and Tracy Turner. DVM. In T e European Far- rier’s Journal, 2011.


[2] Long Term Study of Rehabilita-


tion from Laminitis in 29 Horses Utilizing Composite Shoes, Mat ew Burd, DVM, and Monique Craig, in T e 5th International Symposium on Rehabilitation and Physical T erapy in Veterinary Medicine, August 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota.


DARLA WRIGHT,DVM owns an equine veterinary practice in Kingman, Arizona. Her twin passions are equine health and


endurance riding with her Arabian gelding EM Darrha (Apollo). Darla and Apollo completed 1,740 AERC miles with a 100% completion rate in 2011, put ing them third in overall national mileage. Darla and Apollo were featured on the cover of Trail Blazer in October.


MONIQUE CRAIG is a hoof researcher, farrier, consultant to farriers, rider, author and founder of EponaTech


(www.eponatech.com), EponaShoe (www.eponashoe.com) and the Epona- Institute (www.Epona-Institute.org). She has a BS in computer science engineering, studied art and won sculpture awards, and gives seminars and lectures at the college level on the hoof, trimming, shoeing and equine biomechanics. She is currently fi nishing a book on the hoof. She can be reached at monique@eponatech.com.


For more information about the best hoof care products, see:


Riders Rasp, p.65 Merlin Electric Hoof nife, p.53 Jeff ers Equine, p.17 Renegade Hoof oots, p.4 Life Data Labs, p.85


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