When a horse is very reactive to having shoes nailed on, especially when it is quiet and compliant for all the rest of the tasks involved in shoeing, doesn't that beg the question WHY? And if glueing a shoe on instead is a much gentler process ...

Sam Tibbetts A qualified and registered equine veterinary nurse, a fear free certified professional, a progressive equine partnerships committed member, overall animal advocate and equine lover.Sam is the creator of the Loddi...

Claire Shand may be marketing director of Westgate Labs but this is no sales pitch!Westgate Labs was founded it seems by looking at trying to help us manage the parasite burdens in our equine friends from a different perspective, founded...

Hooray ! Matthew finally gets to talk frogs, Mark is still all excited about "wiggling" feet and joints and Matthew kindly hands Mark the subject if dorsal or outer wall trimming to begin that part of the chat.This series was recorded b...

Our second episode in our mini series surrounding how we approach the most complex of subjects, trimming horses feet.Matthew still doesn't get to talk frogs, both of us don't get to talk about dorsal wall rasping and Mark is obviously c...

What a "click bait" title! No, don't worry we don't tell you how to trim a horse at all but we do begin to delve quite deeply into the subject and how we think about and approach trimming, so much so that the subject has turned int...

Linda Bennis BSc {Hons) Equine nutritionist, founder and creator of Flourish Horse Health shares at least some of her LIVES! Changing story.Having identified something of a nutritional crisis in the Spanish horses she was surr...

Richard Seals is a British showjumping U.K level 3 coach,  British showjumping  para coach, British showjumping pony club accredited coach, the list goes on .... When Mark first met Richard most of Richards hors...

Our most gritty podcast to date by far, Matthew Jackson and Mark Johnson tackle the emotive and divisive subject of what can almost also be described as a dictatorship emerging within barefoot hoof care.With some incredulous claims and ...

This was a great journey down memory lane, where Matthew asks Mark to delve back into the time when via Parelli natural horsemanship, Mark visited an amazing farrier called Jim Crew across the pond from us and gain an insight into his "Healthy ...

Hoofcare on social media is now spread across more platforms than its possible to shake a stick at or so it seems, with an equally diverse range of opinions, passions and how too's accompanying the topic.Who's right and who's wrong? Is ...

Hello, after our last episode where Matthew and Mark decided it would be a good idea to put the entire would be equestrian community off ever getting a horse, we felt we should at least try and put a positive spin on horse ownership.We ...

Are you thinking about your first adventure into owning a horse or are you in the grips of our wettest winter here in the U.K since winters were invented (well that's how it feels right now)? And asking yourself if this was really what I signed...

When Vicky agreed to have a chat with us we were ecstatic ! Vicky is a scientist in her own right and as she shares with us her journey with her much beloved horse Max, the lessons they learned and the influences those lessons brought, open up ...

Collaboration in hoofcare, Is it a good thing or is it a bad thing? Its a bit of a follow on from our last episode as Mark gets very excited about some conversations he's been having and WOW! Matthew brings a whole new crossover dimension from ...

Thoroughbred horses, some of the most incredible members of our equine world, true athletes though can be prone to breaking and bringing both heartache and ecstasy to their humans  Matthew got on the phone to me with much to s...

After most enjoyable chats we get off the phone and suddenly realise, we didn't say "That" or "this" so here we are filling in some more gaps.We begin with the intention of talking about our career influencers and in truth we've probabl...

As time served farriers we dive into who we are, our influences and thought processes, we reminisce over memories both shared and individual.Throwing light onto what shaped our hoof care journeys and why we ended up thinking about and appro...