A sloping pastern is one that is lower than 50 degrees....
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Sloping hooves are those with a low angle to the ground, usually 50 degrees or less....
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A flat horseshoe with nothing on it....
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A horse's paternal ancestor (father)....
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A grave case of founder in which laminitis has destroyed so many of the laminae that the bone column is no longer suspended and begins to sink within the hoof....
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Brand of rasps and other farrier products from 1832 to the present....
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Quarter clips. Particularly those placed near the middle of the quarter, on the sides of the hoof....
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The ossification of one or both lateral cartilages within the horse's hoof. This sometimes causes lameness, but may be considered a normal part of the aging process in some horses....
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A conformation fault in which the horse stands with his hind limbs bent more than normal at the hock, placing the hooves farther forward than ideal. Extreme sickle hocks can be considered an unsoundness. a.k.a: Saber-legged....
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A tool used by farriers at the anvil for holding and shapeing hot horseshoes....
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An injury on the point of the elbow, such as a sore, abcess or bursitis, sometimes caused by heel of the front shoe....
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A slight bulge on the splint bone(s)...
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