Watching a draft horse pull a shoe at the county fair made me switch up my clinch work

I saw a big Belgian pop a shoe clean off in the pulling ring last month, and the farrier there showed me how he'd been setting the clinch a quarter inch higher on the inside branch. I've been doing it that way on my heavier clients since then. Anyone else adjust their clinch placement for different work?

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thomas_scott1d ago

Setting the clinch higher on the inside is a common fix for a horse that brushes or interferes, but it doesn't really address a shoe pulling off in straight draft work. That's usually about nail placement and the shoe's fit itself. You might be putting the nail in a weaker spot in the wall by moving the clinch. For a heavy puller, I'd look at spreading the nails out more in the heel quarter first.

dylan9761d ago

Yeah, and nobody's talking about the hoof drying out between shoeings. A brittle wall just can't hold a nail.