Imprint is Celebrating 25 years

[caption id="attachment_5432" align="alignnone" width="500"] Andrew and Julia Poynton[/caption]25 years ago, a curious mind – motivated by a desire to help suffering, severe laminitic cases – and an unplanned trip to A&E inspired the use of thermoplastics in equine hoofcare that the farriery industry had never...

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Windswept foal

The windswept foal

By Andrew Poynton FWCFAn angular Limb deformity (ALD) is usually only found in hind limbs where the foal has been in a less than ideal position for a prolonged period in the womb. So, say the left hind has a varal deviation making the limb...

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From lameness to winning performance

CASE STUDY: by Andrew Poynton FWCFThis case involves an 18-year-old, 17hh skewbald dressage horse.Condition poor foot balance, intermittent lamenessSymptoms This case, like many others, did not initially have a clear diagnosis at the time of lameness onset. The horse’s performance was inconsistent and varying degrees...

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Combination of shallow hooves along with overgrowth had resulted in a complete complicated quarter crack and toe cracks.

Unstable hooves, dysfunctional feet

An ex-racehorse was in need of some serious farriery attention when presented to Andrew Poynton with cracked, overgrown, unstable hooves. Here, he explains how synthetic materials, adhesives and plastics can be a real game changer in the treatment of such cases.By Andrew Poynton, FWCFMaterials and...

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Hunter Hunter - who suffered an acute laminitic attack

Win win opportunity of referral

Laminitis referral case study of a 10-year-old 15.3hh hunter cob (now aged 14). Background This horse first suffered an acute laminitic attack in June 2015. Being a hunter he had been on ‘holiday’ and had not seen the farrier for some time and was initially under veterinary...

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