A respected equine vet and farrier have joined forces to produce this
manual for trainee and working farriers. This fully updated new edition
for 2022, starts with a brief history of farriery, then looks at the
legalities of the job and how to control equines for trimming and
shoeing. The authors describe the care and maintenance of the forge and
farriery tools, as well as the anatomy and function of the horse,
especially the lower limbs, the principles of foot balance, and the
practice of shoeing. Shoe making, surgical shoes, lameness and shoeing
are dealt with in detail, and the book is embellished with hundreds of
specially taken photos, and explanatory line drawings.