Quick and dirty interference shoe

[Tom Stovall, CJF]

Consultation deal. Conformationally challenged speed horse with a two year history of interference and pulling shoes that has been through several farriers with no success.

I forged and applied a generic, back-to-basics, quick and dirty, interference shoe. I couldn't find any 3/4" half round bar stock and I'm far too lazy to swedge any out - so I used a #1 Kerckhart half-round, a size too large for the foot, forged an extended lateral heel, and trailed it out slightly.

The horse's connections then worked the horse in medium deep wet sand. It didn't hit, so I took their money.

" Simple but effective!"

Thanks, Gary

[Rick Burten]

Originally Posted by Tom Stovall, CJF

I forged and applied a generic, back-to-basics, quick and dirty, interference shoe.

Ah. But what of the trim my good fellow? What of the trim?

[Tom Stovall, CJF]

Rick Burten in gray

Ah. But what of the trim my good fellow? What of the trim?

Ah, there's the rub! As you figured out, that relatively benign shoe alone wasn't going to send him over the medial toe, so I helped a bit.

My predecessors were evidently extremely right handed, so I tilted the ground plane of the ground surface slightly to the medial, especially on the right hind. I realize purposely causing an m/l imbalance is one of farriery's Seven Deadly Sins and all my kids'll be born nekkid for this transgression - but what the hell, it works. In other words, I trimmed him about like I'd trim the hinds of an 870 horse at a bull ring that was speed cutting every time he worked.

To further compound my sins, if he whacks himself in the next few weeks, I'll punch (not drill) and tap the lateral extensions and give the horse's connections a handful of screw-ins. This is a very nice little horse and if I can keep him from hitting, he's an extremely valuable animal; if I can't, he's worth about what he weighs.

He was wide track like a Pontiac off the mats, but the next few weeks will tell the tale.

[Phil Armitage]

Originally Posted by Tom Stovall, CJF

My predecessors were evidently extremely right handed, so I tilted the ground plane of the ground surface slightly to the medial, especially on the right hind. I realize purposely causing an m/l imbalance is one of farriery's Seven Deadly Sins and all my kids'll be born nekkid for this transgression - but what the hell, it works. In other words, I trimmed him about like I'd trim the hinds of an 870 horse at a bull ring that was speed cutting every time he worked.

I quess you could say two wrongs do make a right. The shoeing Gods will forgive you now.

I like your idea of keeping it simple and the use of round stock.

[calshoer]

Before my NB days I used boxloads of those kerkhart half rounds . Lots and lots on endurance horses, lots on hind feet, and lots of them on sidebone and ringbone horses. They are great 'all around breakover' shoes.
Patty