16 day old foal. Near front turned out 45 degrees: off front (offset approx 15 degrees)

Hopefully, most breeders of foals never need this service.  However, some foals are born with legs that are less than correct in confirmation.  Harold Clarke believes in farrier services to foals every 10 - 14 days becasue of the rate at which they grow and the rate thier hooves develop.  An alternative to expensive veterinary surgery, some confirmation problems in a foal can be addressed from as young as 10 days old, as long as the owner understands the committment to farrier services every 10 - 14 days after the 1st trim.

Photographed right  The veterinary remedy quoted complete anethestic, stripping of the tendons to the front and side and cutting of the tendons at the rear of the leg at an estimate of $1800+ GST.

With a belief in the importance of commencing corrective trimming at as young an age as possible, the owner and Harold Clarke commenced a corrective trimming regime in December 2016 which will be recorded in stages here.

Watch the improvement in the foals confirmation. Slow progress - there is noticeable improvement from the knees through to the hoof.