Beckie Mabbutt

Below is a picture of a new horse that I did last week that had quite a significant corn. I rarely see corns as they tend to be caused by poor foot balance and shoes that are too small or left on too long. A corn is really just a bruise but in this seat of corn area. They can become infected but his horse just needed to be shod with good support and I'll update you with a picture in 6 weeks to show you the improvements.

To look at examples of other bruises Click here

Here is this months update on the septic pedal bone, if you haven't been following it's progress then look back over the last few months and I think you'll be amazed at the fast progress.

The picture below is just two weeks later!

Below are some big successes from Virginia Russell-Wood. In the top picture are her 2 and 3 Year olds, Finn and Rupert coming Champion and Reserved Champion at Addington, in the Part-Bred Arab young horse classes. Then below is her 8 year old son Charlie having won lots of ribbons this year on Piper. Congratulations.

Along with another 12 Farrier's I was lucky enough to be involved with the 'Widest Part of the Foot' study on two wild Przewalski horses at Denver Zoo. This involved them being tranquilised and worked on quickly all four feet at the same time whilst they're down. We put markers on all feet and took radiographs so we could add the data to our on going study. It involved a lot of team work from the vets, zoo staff and all farrier's to make it as stress free for the animals as possible.

Here are some pictures below including a Kudu (Deer) that was recovering from a foot abscess that needed to be looked at.

Earlier this month I was involved in helping to organise an international conference located in Colorado Springs. I was fortunate enough to do a 50 Minute lecture titled "Hoof Mapping and Grading Distortions". It went really really well and I got some great feedback.

I am hoping to go around the Veterinary Practices in the UK sharing this presentation with them. The ball is already rolling with this as I've been asked to do it at Liphook Vets at a date to be decided in January. So very excited about this.

I met some amazing Farriers and Vets whom will hopefully be great contacts for the future.

Please check out the Organisation that made this conference possible.

www.e-hoofcare.com