To promote the restoration of hoof balance, the resolution of lameness, and the return to performance in the equine athlete. To provide a realistic measure of comfort for the retired, the chronic, and the laminitic. To end the suffering of the hopeless.

Ben Hufnagel DVM

Note to visitors: This site is a work in progress on the pseudo subspeciality of equine podiatry.   The information presented here aspires toward the scientific method, is slave to the clinical result, and is subject to change.  This is the practice of equine podiatry, check in from time to time as we take things apart and put them back together again.  Relearn what we think we know, be critical of what does not work, and question those who claim to have all the answers.