Big Feet

The boys were shod / trimmed today. It's been 5 weeks and 6 days since they were last done. Their feet are done religiously every 6 weeks, however it looks as though, at least over the rest of summer, I am going to have to get them done every 5 weeks as they both had a huge amount of growth since they were last trimmed. Wolfie's feet have grown again and at his next shoeing, he will be going up a size in shoes. He will now be getting the equilibrium natural balance shoes on the front and a heavier shoe on the back.

I have been continuing to hack Wolfie out around the fields, trying to get him fitter. He's been very good and it would be nice now to begin introducing some short trot work. Ideally I would like to do this in one of the fields to keep him straight, however the ground is just too hard. The farrier was talking today about the increase in unsoundness in horses this summer due to the hard ground. I will start introducing a little trot work in the school alongside hacking. We have been working on a little leg yielding and turns on the forehand whilst out.