The Barefoot Horse Magazine

02/02/2025

💪Another great topic discussed today!

🎤Today’s Topic: When NOT to Trim: Knowing Your Limits🔥

Catch up now!

The BHM Team ❤️

01/02/2025

🔥 Day 32 has just dropped - why less is more in hoof trimming!

Go and watch Lindsay Setchell's latest live! 🔥

Join the HM free rehab group The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health

The BHM Team ❤️

30/01/2025

This shouldn't be happening - but it is. Every time you see this, it was caused by human error.

Help Hoofing Marvellous fight this by joining their free rehab group The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health.

One day we will stop this.

The BHM Team 😥

🤬 THE ULTIMATE HUMAN ERROR IN HOOF CARE

This X-ray was shared online alongside the horse’s sloughed-off hoof capsule - telling the world that laminitis can lead to P3 rotation, pe*******on, and sinking.

LOOK AGAIN.

P3 did not rotate away from its hoof wall, the hoof wall was REMOVED.

This was not the result of systemic disease, bad luck, or spontaneous laminae failure.

NO. This was a catastrophic chain of ignorant hoof care decisions - unchecked by vets, unchallenged by farriers, unknown by owners.

Here’s the grim common sequence of events - a sequence that unfolds EVERY. SINGLE. TIME:

1️⃣ Heels are left too high, above the Hard Sole Plane (HSP).
2️⃣ This forces the palmar angle of P3 to increase unnaturally.
3️⃣ The back of the foot - digital cushion and coronary band - rises.
4️⃣ The toe is aggressively removed to ‘help breakover’, destroying the hoof’s natural balance point and reducing sole depth under P3.
5️⃣ The laminae become compromised, and begin tearing apart.
6️⃣ The now distorted hoof wall, growing at a different angle to P3 - is wrongly blamed for creating lever forces - so more toe is removed, more sole is lost.
7️⃣ The hoof-pastern axis (HPA) is wrecked, leading the hoof care pro to leave even higher heels, worsening P3 rotation.
8️⃣ The dorsal wall slows its growth drastically, while the heels keep growing at the same rate - causing severe pinching and ulceration at the coronary band.
9️⃣ Now... in a desperate attempt to “correct” the rotation - wedges and remedial shoeing are applied

Then... rinse and repeat the above over and over, until...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P3 PENETRATES.

This was not downward sinking. This was not rotation of P3 independent of the hoof capsule.

This was soft tissue failure due to a manipulated hoof capsule, carved and shaped by personal preference trimming (PPT) until the unthinkable happened.

THE HOOF SLOUGHED OFF.

All caused by disastrous trimming and shoeing choices, never once following the horse's natural parameters.

This horse suffered for months - agonising, relentless, prolonged suffering. And he wasn't the only one. This is going on in broad daylight all over the world.

The extreme distortion of the hoof wall is a timeline of abuse - a silent record of suffering that lasted months, if not years.

And yet, the equine world believes this is just ‘one of those things’ that happens to some horses.

🔥 HOW WRONG YOU ARE. THIS WAS 100% PREVENTABLE. 100% CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR 🔥

This horse lost his hoof because of ignorance. IGNORANCE. If you look the other way and believe in unproven, Chinese whispers based bogus science, then you are part of the problem too.

👉 In the UK, if a farrier is caught on CCTV knocking seven bells out of a horse, they get a slap on the wrist by their registration council, the FRC, a punitive fine, perhaps a short suspension (to let the world calm down a bit) and then they’re free to go back to work.

Free as a bird - to do it again and again and again - as long as they are not 'silly' enough to get caught.

👉 But if a farrier - or vet - causes a horse to suffer for months, for years, due to ignorant hoof care, until said horse sloughs their hoof capsule off and are put to sleep - what happens then?

💨 No consequences. No accountability. Everyone walks away scot-free.

You tell us - how is that acceptable?

One day, this will stop. When owners wake up. The smokescreens are lifting folks and time is running out on this ignorance. The truth is breaking through.

And when it does - this travesty will eventually end. But not until millions more lose their soundness, suffer and then are pts.

Shame on you equine world for believing in totally unproven, bogus theories. The death and suffering is on your hands.

Disgusting.

HM.

Join our free rehab group The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health, become empowered, and help us stop this.

29/01/2025

🤔 Why Owners Should Learn to Trim? Watch the live with Lindsay Setchell on catch up now! An important skill to learn!

The BHM Team ❤️

28/01/2025

Yet another powerful rehab showing the equine world how wrong science is.

Join The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health and learn more 💪

The BHM Team ❤️

👀 Take a Closer Look – A Year of Transformation in Hoof Rehab 🙌

A powerful story told in photos: a one-year journey from rotated P3s to a fully functional, balanced hoof – just as Mother Nature intended.

▶ Far Left: High heels, imbalanced hooves, and the painful legacy of incorrect trimming.

▶ Far Right: Today’s result – a beautifully balanced hoof, grown to perfection by following natural principles.

🤔 What Made This Possible? This horse's owner!

Isolated on an island with no access to x-ray machines, faced with her crippled horse suffering and facing pts. She found The Phoenix Way group.

She learned how to let the toe wall pillar make balanced contact with the ground, sending critical feedback to the papillae in the coronary band to regulate growth rates naturally.

This foot didn't just need 'a good trim' - this foot was in dire straits and outdated science put it there - the proof of the separation became visible when she allowed the toe wall to grow to the ground.

🤔 Did the Long Toe Cause Issues? (it's balanced folks 😉)

Not at all. This horse trotted, cantered, and FARTED in the FACE of outdated science.

To those who still believe that chopping off the toe is the answer:

🤨 Look around at the countless horses suffering from P3 damage and osteonecrosis.

✅ Understand that balance, not aggressive trimming, is the key to recovery.

❌ Stop letting heels creep up.

❌ Stop chopping off toes.

✅ Start trusting the natural constant of the Hard Sole Plane (HSP).

This is more than just another case study – it’s yet again undeniable proof that science got it wrong - science is telling you porkies folks.

When we stop fighting Mother Nature and start working with her, incredible transformations happen.

🌟 Join Us and Learn 🌟

👉 Free Rehab Community: The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health
👉 Workshops in NZ/Australia: https://bit.ly/3-Day-Workshop-NZ-AUS
👉 Workshops in UK/Germany: https://bit.ly/3-Day-Horse-Hoof-Workshop
👉 Online horse & hoof care courses (challenges): https://bit.ly/15-Day-Hoof-Challenge

Learning to empower YOU. Learning to keep your horse SAFE.



HM.

26/01/2025

🙏Please take HM's hoof care survey - let's keep making a difference!

TAKE THE SURVEY👉https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDZBH6Q

The BHM Team❤️

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

26/01/2025

🗣️ Lindsay Setchell's Mini Live Challenge Topic 26: Assessing the Bars - has just dropped! 🎤🔥

Don't forget her 🚀 lesson all about the bars too: https://youtu.be/A4KGutlKnms

Fabulous content!

The BHM Team ❤️

25/01/2025

Lindsay Setchell's Day 25 of her 365-Day Live Challenge has just been LIVE - TOPIC 👉 Trimming the frog - yes or no?

Another excellent bit of learning! Join their group The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health

The BHM Team ❤️

24/01/2025

Can you spot the fundamental flaw in these diagrams?

The BHM Team 🧐

Can You Spot the Critical Error in these Laminitis Diagrams?

Take a quick moment to type “laminitis” into Google and look at the diagrams that pop up.

Spot anything odd? There’s a critical error you’ll find in nearly all of them - a mistake that’s been perpetuated by science for decades.

This error is not intentionally meant to be misleading because they do truly believe these diagrams are correct.

However all of them have a fundamental flaw which has gone on to shape how hoof care is taught and practiced throughout the world, leading the field of laminitis research down the wrong path for decades, costing the lives of countless horses, who died unnecessarily.

Hint: Compare the hoof capsule in the “healthy foot” and the “laminitic foot.” Notice anything strange? (And utterly impossible).



HM.

Confused? Join our free rehab group The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health and let us show you the truth on why the equine world got it so badly wrong - and help us put an end to this misinformation.

22/01/2025

🌏All horse owners everywhere should read this!

🐴 HEY HORSE OWNERS - IS THIS YOUR HORSE??👇

In just 3 days, we will BLOW - YOUR - MIND 🤯 (and save your horse from incorrect hoof care forever)

This is how👇

Do you REALLY know if your hoof care professional (HCP) is getting the trim right?

Fed up relying on what your HCP is telling you?

Always getting the vet out - feeling HELPLESS?

Are you doubting your pros because your horse keeps going LAME?

Want to UNDERSTAND your horse’s hoof health?

💪Owners are finally taking back control of their horse’s hoof health by learning about the NATURAL foot.

You know… the one that was given to your horse by Mother Nature - not the one the humans think they can carve to make it look how they want it!

We call that PPT - Personal Preference Trimming - and HCPs all over the world are doing it everywhere - ignoring the natural foot. They’ve been doing it for decades.

And you were none the wiser... UNTIL NOW!

Going round and round with hoof problems - your pros blaming it on everyone and everything except… THE TRIM.

It’s high time you looked at your horse’s feet and understood what was going on and what needs to be done - whether you want to trim or not.

Otherwise you are blind!

Your horse’s feet are your responsibility. You need to keep an eye on what your HCP is doing - because we guarantee if they are doing any of the following, then your horse is in TROUBLE ⚠️

Is your HCP doing any of this👇:

😱 Chopping off toes - dumping your horse onto their soles compromising the tip of P3?

😫 Leaving heels higher than they should be - where your HCP thinks they should be and not where the horse needs them?

🥺 Letting your horse’s bars overgrow - encouraging infection, soreness and abscesses?

Oh you’ll hear a tonne of excuses why they are doing all of the above 🫨

Is your horse suffering from or has ever suffered from👇:

😓 Laminitis - are you sure it wasn’t the hoof care… most of the time it is!

😟 Abscessing - ditto above

😬 Navicular - ditto above

🫣 Strained/torn tendons and ligaments - ditto above

Is your horse shod or struggling to stay barefoot because they are footsore?

Horses are suffering with painful feet EVERYWHERE 🌏 - and everyone blames either the horse or YOU!

But the person who is usually to blame is the one doing the hoof care. That is the awful truth facing millions of domestic horses worldwide.

The human is the biggest problem. Humans and their 'methods'.

Do you want to👇:

👏 Learn how to get your horse's hooves right FOREVER.

👏 Learn how to STOP incorrect hoof care making your horse’s hooves distorted and painful.

👏 Learn how to follow your horse’s NATURAL foot - BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

These 3-day workshops are not meant for you to be TOLD what needs to be done… these workshops are for you to SEE what needs to be done.

You will👇:

✅ Get your hands on and critically examine cadaver hooves - trimming them, taking your time - no live horse to worry about.

✅ Learn the truth of what should and shouldn’t be trimmed on a horse’s hoof - even if when you go home you are not going to trim - at least you WILL KNOW.

✅ Become the best advocate for your horse’s feet - more than anyone else on this planet - because you’re the one who cares the most!

You won’t:

❌ become a pro trimmer in 3 days - but by god if you get the bug (and many do) you just might want to become one!

This is the BEST opportunity you are EVER going to get to learn what your horse’s foot is trying to tell you and how to trim to your horse’s own natural parameters.

No gimmicks. No plastic shoes. No wedges. No heart bar shoes. No metal, nails, screws, mecano, dental impression material (dear god) - anywhere to be seen.

This is YOUR CHANCE - and we are coming HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD to help you.

Miss it - and we guarantee you will miss the opportunity to do what is finally right for your horse’s feet.

Because if you don’t learn this stuff, your horse will be at risk - always. Join our free rehab group and you’ll see the horrid truth out there.

Believe us when we tell you that we're not scaremongering you… what we will teach you in 3 full, crazy intense days, will show you why it has been hell on earth for our domestic horses for years… and we and YOU are going to stop it. ✋💪

Don’t let incorrect hoof care happen to your horse. Too many horses are being lost or suffering dreadfully already.

Oh… and you’ll learn a tonne of other things too like the correct species-specific diet and management… and anatomy - inside and out.

One thing we are known for - is OVER DELIVERING.

We want YOU to learn how to keep your horse SAFE from the hands of incorrect trimming - and be sound barefoot for the rest of their lives.

It is THEIR RIGHT.

👉And finally… a footnote. If you’ve heard in a group or page on social media that someone thinks what we’re teaching is wrong - ask to see some photos of their trims and ask them why they don’t trim to the horse’s natural parameters. Ask them how many times they have blamed sore feet on laminitis, navicular, blah blah blah… and not their OWN trim. Ask them. If they scoff at our healing hooves, growing out separation - remember - they caused the problem in the first place - we are just putting it right... and true healing is not always pretty.

The world is changing. Owners are getting wiser. Do what is right for your horse.

Book Now 👇

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND - Book Now 👉https://bit.ly/3-Day-Workshop-NZ-AUS
🇳🇿Cust, Nr Christchurch: 28th Feb-2nd March
🇳🇿Kumeu, West Auckland: 7th-9th March

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA - Book Now 👉https://bit.ly/3-Day-Workshop-NZ-AUS
🇦🇺Wildwood, Nr Melbourne: 14th-16th March
🇦🇺Yass, Nr Canberra: 21st-23rd March

🇬🇧UK - Book Now👉https://bit.ly/3-Day-Horse-Hoof-Workshop
🇬🇧Gawsworth Track Livery, Cheshire: 6th-8th June

🇩🇪GERMANY - Book Now👉https://bit.ly/3-Day-Horse-Hoof-Workshop
🇩🇪Burscheid, Nr Cologne: 27th-29th June

Don't miss it! Who knows when we’ll be back!




HM.

22/01/2025

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND - Take this 3-day workshop! 👇

HM International School of Horse & Hoof Care

22/01/2025

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA - Take this 3-day workshop! 👇

HM International School of Horse & Hoof Care

22/01/2025

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM - Take this 3-day workshop! 👇

The Phoenix Way

22/01/2025

🇩🇪GERMANY - Take this 3-day workshop! 👇

The Phoenix Way

20/01/2025

No. 3 is here! 🚀

Title: Are your horse’s bars overgrown?

Another great lesson by Lindsay Setchell 👏👏

Don’t miss it! 👆

The BHM Team ❤️

Welcome to the 3rd 🚀 lesson of 2025! 🐴 This episode dives into your horse's bars: What are they? Why are they there? And how should yo...

19/01/2025

🔥Watch Lindsay Setchell's latest live now - Day 19 🎤 Common pitfalls in hoof care and how to avoid them! 🫶

The BHM Team ❤️

18/01/2025

🇩🇪Germany!!🇩🇪 Hoofing Marvellous are bringing their super popular 3-day horse & hoof care workshop to YOU!

🔥Go here to book 👉 https://bit.ly/3-Day-Horse-Hoof-Workshop

Don't miss this golden opportunity to spend time with Hoofing Marvellous and be taught all about horse & hoof care the right way!

The BHM Team 🫶

The Phoenix Way

18/01/2025

👉Are you consistent with horse and hoof care? Watch Day 18 of the latest mini live challenge with Lindsay Setchell now! 🎤

Join their free rehab group if you're having problems and need help with your horse - The Phoenix Way: Path 2 Hoof Health

The BHM Team ❤️