Posted by Arthur Jones on August 08, 2003 at 15:20:48:
Recently I spent time with 2 different farriers learning about draft horses. They both do a lot of drafts. One makes small square clinches and files them smooth reducing their stregnth much as I always do with light horses. The other makes long rectangular clinches and does not file them. The later farrier feels that the long clinch has more surface area and will bend away easier if a shoe is stepped on than a small square clinch. The former feels that the filed small square clinch is the way to go to avoid hoofwall damage if a shoe is pulled off.
I am curious about what type of clinch those on the board who do drafts are using and why.
TIA
Art
Art's Farrier Service