Justin Hill's Horseshoeing

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I believe in shoeing each and every horse to the standards that were set by the United States Cavalry. When I begin to think about horses throughout history, I have a hard time believing that anyone relied upon or used their horses harder or longer than the Cavalry. Their horses had to be sound everyday and were ridden unimaginable distances for weeks at a time.
However the government could not hire a professional farrier to travel with each company of troops, so they did what was necessary and wrote a manual to supply each cavalrymen with as well as outfitted them with a set of Government Issue tools. These manuals are still available today and the methods taught within them are still just as viable today as they were over 100 years ago.
 
Below you will find some examples of some of the horses I shoe.   

This is a 5 year old TB mare, that had been on the track but could not figure out how to breath while running at speed. She was sold and will now spend a couple months chasing cows on a ranch. Hopefully she will be able to transition into a barrel-horse. This is the first time that I have worked on this horse and by the looks of it, she was ready for some help.

 

LEFT FRONT BEFORE

 

LEFT FRONT AFTER

 

LEFT FRONT SOLAR BEFORE

 

LEFT FRONT SOLAR DURING

 

LEFT FRONT SOLAR SHOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pease forgive me, for missing this picture. Taking pictures of feet is something I do for fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIGHT FRONT AFTER

 

RIGHT FRONT SOLAR BEFORE 

 

RIGHT FRONT SOLAR DURING

 

RIGHT FRONT SOLAR SHOD

 

 

 Here are some other examples of my work

 

when ever possible I have included both the before and after photos, though please keep in mind that some times horses are less than willing subjects in my photo shoots.

 

 

 

here is a horse that had removed quite a bit of foot after taking a bad step and losing his shoe, I feel that very rarely will a horse remove or wear his foot to such a point that some sort of shoe can't be applied