Bean Barefoot

30/10/2025

Such beautiful boys KT Bryant 🥰😇 standing so perfect while the girls clean up the excess hoof clippings

25/10/2025

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25/10/2025

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The Humble Hoof · Episode

20/10/2025

Spring is here !😝
Watch that grass 😎🤓
Im keeping mine on hay and baleage instead of the fresh green grass in the next door paddock 🤪

03/10/2025

Awesome ride this morning on Frosty ! Hes slowly but surely learning how to go forward on his own ... ❤️🤩🩷 Thanks Izzy Baxter for accompanying me on Cruise 💙❤️

03/10/2025

THE STAY APPARATUS 🤩
The stay apparatus is an arrangement of muscles,
tendons and ligaments that work together so that
an animal can remain standing with virtually no
muscular effort. The effect is that an animal can
distribute its weight on three limbs while resting
a fourth in a flexed, non-weight bearing position.
The animal can periodically shift its weight to rest
a different leg and thus all limbs are able to be
individually rested, reducing overall wear and
tear. The relatively slim legs of certain large
mammals such as horses and cows would be
subject to dangerous levels of fatigue if not for
the stay apparatus...
This is why its very important to keep their hooves in great condition because if they are out of alignment...then the whole body of the horse is out too ... and they can't stand comfortably without lots of muscle action ! Very exhausting and causes lots of fatigue and pain all different areas of the body.
Take note next time to make sure your horse is comfortable when hes resting his hind limbs ❤️

02/10/2025

Welcome october ! Spring is here !!! Watch out for that green haze !!! Its nearly out 😝 Our horses arent happy with hay anymore , its all about the sweet sugar popping through... in the form of GRASS😝

14/09/2025

Laminitis can be one of the most frustrating and heartbreaking challenges in horse care. The ups and downs, the setbacks, and the uncertainty can leave owners and caretakers feeling helpless. And if you have been involved with hoofcare for any length of time, you have likely had to witness the pain and compensations that can come along with this devastating issue.

The good new is, we are more fortunate than ever to have a growing body of research and science dedicated to understanding laminitis. Now that we know so much more about what causes laminitis, and how to address it and rehab from it, we are slowly working towards making the bulk of laminitis – due to metabolic causes – a thing of the past.

This year is the 25th anniversary of the ECIR “No Laminitis” Conference, fully remote and taking place online the weekend of October 31st, 2025. In this conference, speakers will present the latest research and management approaches to keep metabolic horses healthy and their hooves comfortable. And with this conference approaching, I reached out to Dr. Eleanor Kellon and Dr. Kathleen Gustafson to discuss some of the key topics that will be addressed, as well as some updates in management and research for these difficult endocrinopathic cases.

You can hear the entire conversation on any podcast app under “The Humble Hoof,” or directly at this link: https://thehumblehoof.com/2025/09/12/the-latest-in-laminitis-research/

You can register for the conference directly at nolaminitis.org – and early bird pricing lasts until October 10, 2025!

Thank you to our amazing sponsors:

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12/09/2025

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a major scientific discovery in Siberia, where researchers uncovered the frozen remains of a young prehistoric horse, now known as the “Lena horse.” This foal is believed to be about 42,000 years old, dating back to the Ice Age, and it was preserved in the permafrost—a layer of permanently frozen ground that acts like a natural freezer.

Exceptional Preservation

What makes this discovery extraordinary is not only the foal’s overall condition but also the presence of liquid blood and urine inside its body. Normally, in fossils and ancient remains, soft tissues and fluids dry up or decay completely. For an animal that lived tens of thousands of years ago to still contain liquid blood is an incredibly rare phenomenon. The permafrost acted as a protective environment, stopping bacteria and natural decomposition from breaking down the tissues. This left the foal’s body intact, almost as if it had been frozen shortly after death and kept undisturbed for millennia.

Scientific Importance

Because of this unique preservation, scientists now have a rare window into Ice Age life. Studying the foal’s body could reveal details about how prehistoric horses looked, grew, and adapted to their cold environment. The discovery is especially valuable to paleobiology, the study of ancient organisms, because researchers can examine not just the bones but also preserved soft tissue and fluids, which usually do not survive.

DNA and Cloning Potential

The most exciting part for many scientists is the potential genetic information locked inside the foal’s preserved blood. Since blood cells can carry DNA, analyzing this material could allow researchers to sequence the horse’s genetic code. With advanced cloning and genetic engineering techniques, it might even become possible to bring back extinct horse species or at least create close relatives. This is similar to efforts being made with woolly mammoths and other Ice Age animals found in Siberian permafrost.

Symbol of the Ice Age

The Lena horse is not just another fossil. It is essentially a time capsule, preserving a piece of life from an era that vanished tens of thousands of years ago. It represents how powerful natural preservation can be and gives modern science tools to study, recreate, and understand ancient ecosystems. By learning from discoveries like this, scientists may one day be able to reconstruct lost species and gain insights into how animals adapted to extreme climates—knowledge that could even help with today’s challenges in biodiversity and climate change.

01/08/2025

21/07/2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Mp0ooTbKe6AjFZSZL19gR?si=-tz2qHmGS6GArh9wDrG9jA

The Humble Hoof · Episode

23/06/2025

We love our new home so close in walking distance to Te horo beach 🥰 Such a great variation of terrain for the horses , frogs and different wildlife all around us ! Simply magic x 😇🥰