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By BETSY BRANSCOME Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer
The horse’s foot has evolved as a shock absorber, cushion for the fragile bones in the lower leg and as an anti-slip pad. It was through man’s influence that slipping and sliding obstructed the horse’s natural (light instinct and created the need for horseshoes.
An ancient sign of good luck from a mythical pact with the devil, modern horseshoes can correct, protect and deflect. This makes the farrier one of a horse trainer’s best friends, year-round. Miles of preparation culminate in an ultimate effort in a race; for that, a thoroughbred needs special protection for its delicate feet.
[A brief word of explanation: a blacksmith works with steel on a hot or cold forge. A farrier nails the shoes on the horse’s feet. Sometimes they arc the same person, but the words arc not properly interchangeable]
A horse’s hooves arc made of a material similar to the human fingernail; they grow regularly.
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