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CO-ORDINATOR DETAILS TEAM WILD ABOUT HOOVES WILD ABOUT HOOVES JACKY YNEMA The instructors spend a lot of time in the Email :[email protected] saddle, training and competing on barefoot QUALIFIED NATURAL HOOF CARE Ph: 97263168 horses – they know what works and why PRACTITIONERS, JEREMY FORD & JEN CLINGLY Workshop location: They are qualified instructors and teach hoof care in a simple, easy to understand way that is fun and hands-on. Albany Equestrian Centre BAREFOOT TRIMMING ONE DAY Robinson Road Albany They work fulltime in the field, trimming horses for a living. They trim top WHAT TO BRING performance horses to RSPCA rehabilitation WORKSHOP at: ALBANY, WA cases. th V Gloves (essential to bring) Date: Thursday 28 of June 2012 V Camera Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from V Trimming tools (if you have tools) Australia’s high profile barefoot horse team. Tasmanian farrier of 16 years Jeremy Ford is V Farrier apron or old towel to protect your clothes now a professional natural hoof care V Notebook and pen practitioner and hoof rehabilitation V Your Lunch & snacks (if not available at venue) specialist. After being introduced to barefoot V Chair trimming & experiencing the benefits, he has given metal shoes the boot to promote healthy If you would like to bring your horse for the trim demonstration, sound barefoot horses. contact the co-ordinator. ------------------------------ cut and return to co-ordinator----------------------- Jeremy has studied wild horses in Australia and the USA. Jeremy is also a trained boot REGISTRATION DETAILS fitting specialist for Renegade Boots and head Could you please reserve me a position at the barefoot trimming workshop lecturer in the career based course in Equine starting at 8.30am with Wild About Hooves. Hoof Care certificate 3. I have enclosed my deposit of $50 Jeremy’s aim is to give participants an understanding in the practices and Name: principles of running horses barefoot and set them on a path of achieving Address: healthy horses with strong, natural hooves. Phone: ‘MAINTAIN YOUR OWN HORSES HOOVES Email: WITH NATURAL HOOF CARE’ I am attending this barefoot trimming clinic at my own risk. I understand that Jeremy Ford and Jen Clingly are not liable for any accident, loss, damage, injury, illness to horses, owners or any other person or property whatsoever. Signed: _____________________ Send to J Ynema, Post Office, Burekup. WA 6227 An alternative to traditional methods WHAT IS A BAREFOOT TRIM? comfortably ride your horse on rougher terrain. This will depend on the The workshops start at 8.30am and finish approx 5pm A barefoot trim is a trim that condition of the hooves. resembles the hoof of a wild horse. The wild horse with its healthy barefoot 'Hoof Boots' may be required on his front Morning Afternoon hooves is living proof itself that shoes are feet during this period, and allow you to not necessary. continue riding your horse on any 1. What is a barefoot trim? 11. Tools terrain. 2. Study of wild horse’s hooves 12. Barefoot trimming step-by-step 3. The advantages of barefoot 13. Assessing the horse An Australian Brumby’s Hoof 4. Performance horses 14. Horse Handling, naturally The horse will need to be trimmed every 5. The transition period & hoof boots 15. Live trim demo – 3 -4 horses 5-6 weeks. 6. Feed & Environment 16. Cadaver hoof Trim, hands on 7. The hoof mechanism 17. Question & answer forum Correct diet, exercise and environment 8. Traditional methods 18. Documentary viewing “ the Desert also play a major role in natural hoof 9. Laminitis & other hoof problems Brumby” care, and can speed up the process. 10. Training for barefoot performance The transition period is over when the sole regains concavity and forms a hard callus. The horse will walk on gravel as if COST: Adults $ 175 Children 12-16 years $ 100 it were grass. The success of barefoot horses is not just Please note: Trimming tools(rasps $55, hoof knife/pick $130 & HOW THE HOOF WORKS about trimming the hoof, but the impact instructional DVD $30) can be purchased at the workshops. of the horses living environment, movement and diet. The hoof expands as it hits the ground, INTERESTED IN FURTHER STUDY OR A CAREER IN and contracts when it is lifted. This NATURAL HOOF CARE? spread and squeeze action acts like a Once it starts to look like a wild pump pulling blood through the hoof horse's hoof, it will start to Join the “Wild Horse Adventure” – a four day tour from Alice Springs with each step. act like one. to view Brumbies in their natural habitats. May every year. When the hoof flattens out on the ground This workshop also counts as recognition of prior learning for the trade 12 it is aided first by the flexible frog, second mth certificate 3 in Equine Hoof Care for those seeking a career in trimming. by the elastic heel-bulbs, and third by the www.australianhooftrimmers.com or [email protected] cartilages, all of which absorb shock and concussion. FROM SHOD TO BAREFOOT After the shoes have been taken off your horse and he has been given the barefoot trim, the increased blood flow starts to rebuild the damaged hoof. There is a transition period which varies Jen Clinglys horse, Imaj Zamir’s healthy WORKSHOPfrom horse to horse. OUTLINE It could take a few barefoot after the weeks to several months before you can ‘Tom Quilty’ Endurance ride 2005 .