The horses hoof care is paramount

One cannot imagine how much they are not seeing when it comes to horses’ feet and bodies until one becomes obsessed. Moses opened my eyes to seeing horses as he would say "in a new light". By the time I met Moses I had already crawled my way around enough horses’ bodies as if reading brail to get a good picture of what is not being seen by so many. When I combined the information, I was learning from working with horse’s bodies and what I was learning from Moses and more importantly witnessing his work and approach with helping horses musculoskeletal system through the hoof, my experience with revelations about horse’s bodies was quantified. He is not shoeing or trimming a foot, Moses's goal is reducing concussive forces to the entire muscular-skeletal system creating equalized landing surfaces that are clear of pressures that will negatively impact the "inner" structures of the foot/ feet. There is a place between soundness and lameness, and this is what Moses so caringly helped me to understand. For the last twenty-three years I have worked with and learned from countless farriers and have witnessed what can work and what can be a concern for the body of the horse. Chronic "degenerative" change develops every day in the foot of a horse so the question is can we see it, and can we mitigate the threats of it with trimming and or shoeing? The most important concept for the equestrian to understand is that foot care isn't simply that, it is and always has been so that accelerated chronic body changes don't develop unnecessarily. Posture is critical to a horses longevity and that is why our ancestor who some had very little, would shoe any horse they wanted to keep around for a while. If a well-managed trim will work to help a horse not list, lean and tilt throughout it's working life great but often times a horse that has to work needs the balanced and functional support during the years they are working.