ladyblacksmith in gray, stuff deleted
He used pony clinchers, used Izumi #3 nails, and Victory or TB.
Has Izumi changed their sizes since I retired to building rabbit cages? I usta love Izumi #1 race nails, they were infinitely better than Capewell #3 1/2s or Mustad #4s and I even used the old thick shanked Izumi #4 plater's specials (pls) and #4 city head on hunters and jumpers that had plenty of wall, but I never knew Izumi made a #3. (I know, I know: there's a helluva lot of things I don't know and I'm dating myself)
racetrackers........paint feet with reducine to stimulate growth quickly, sometimes with corona on the coronary band everyday too,...
Vic Alexander, DVM (Validictorian of his class and a great vet!) did a study at Texas A&M when he was in vet school involving about 100 brood mares. First, he epoxied a marker on the dorsum of their front hooves, then he and several other members of his class used vibrators (Yup, that kind!) to massage Reducine into the coronary bands of the broodmares, with the right side getting the treatment and left side going untreated.
Result? Absolutely no difference in growth rate! (Don't you know somebody in the vet school's procurement office had a hissy when the bill for those vibrators came through?)