Well it's time to start with the spring Hoof Care.

As we move in to spring one will start to see more rain clouds in the sky resulting in more moisture around thus our horses hooves are absorbing a lot more water than the winter months as a result hoof growth speeds up and for us farrier's the feet generally soften up and we put our chizels away and stop begging for hoof oil on the hooves but now we need you to get hardening agents such as Stochholm Tar etc.  With our impending rain fall coming it's any ones guess to how much and how frequently it will land near our hooves, so if you watch your farrier at this time trimming some horses feet show themselves to be shedding some more spectacular than others and your farrier will be smiling from ear to ear having seen his knife working the way it was intended (ask to be shown) with this happening naturally we are losing old callused growth to make way for new it is a bit softer and it would be a good idea to seal the sole off with bit  of Stockholm Tar or sole hardener . Now that we've hardened our soles a little take in to account what happens to the riding surface once it has rained it firstly it removes a lot of the dust and soil covering the surface revealing stones blunt and sharp both can make a horse lame so take precautions like ride on the side of a path instead of a freshly eroded path and take it easy galloping through new uncharted puddles it's the best place to find a newly released piece of wire, metal and glass and having to try to explain it to your farrier how it could have got in there as he looks at you thinking “Yea right I’ve heard this before”.