Farrier Ian McKinlay, who received some notoriety in 2008 for his work patching Big Brown's feet, discussed his experiences with patching wall separations and quarter cracks so high-performance horses ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — Big Brown, an exceptional thoroughbred, has a very common problem: a quarter crack, which is a split in the wall of a hoof. Trainer Rick Dutrow announced Sunday morning at Belmont Park ...

Trainer Danny Gargan says it is all systems go for Dornoch ahead of the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) after receiving routine work this week at Churchill Downs on a quarter crack in the colt's right front ...

DEAR DR. WELDY’S: Our riding horse has developed a quarter crack that just will not go away. Our farrier is working on it, but it is slow going. How can we prevent these in the first place? DEAR ...

NEW YORK - The trainer calls it a "hiccup'' and the owner is sure everything will be fine. So far, there doesn't seem to be a crack in the confidence of camp Big Brown. Twelve days before the Belmont ...

Without regular trimming, a horse’s hooves will continue to grow, eventually becoming so long that each hoof curls at the toe. In the wild, horses are constantly on the move and cover varying terrain, ...

NEW YORK -- The trainer calls it a "hiccup" and the owner is sure everything will be fine. So far, there doesn't seem to be a crack in the confidence of camp Big Brown. Twelve days before the Belmont ...

NZPWHS copy Purchased from the SIL Wildlife Conservation Endowment. Useful anatomical terms -- Exterior hoof anatomy : coronary band and hoof wall -- Exterior hoof anatomy : solar view -- Interior ...

Farriers have been shoeing horses for two thousand years, but none have done the job quite like Ian McKinlay. Using a repair method devised 40 years ago by his father, a relatively simple set of tools ...