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Press & Articles
Aug 2008
PRESS RELEASE
Into the Light – with Imprint Sport Shoes
Conventional metal shoes have been the best option for many centuries but they transmit rather than absorb shock and limit the hoof’s natural ability to flex during high impact movement. However, their protective role is essential in maintaining the integrity of the hoof wall... To surpass conventional metal horseshoes involved identifying new materials that behave in the same way as the hoof, or ideally became part of the hoof whilst still playing a protective role. These materials have now been developed… [more]
Sept 2008
PRESS RELEASE
Imprint Sport Shoes Take Off!
On 3 August 2008 at Gatcombe Horse Trials Imprint Equine Foot Care launched the Imprint Sport Shoe. This revolutionary concept in shoeing for the performance horse is made from modern plastic materials which are flexible and light-weight and so assume a role as part of the horse’s hoof.
What impact has this development had on the world of equine sports? [more]
Imprint Training Course
Greatwood 30 October 2008
On 30 October Greatwood very kindly hosted a farriers’ continuing professional development course run by Imprint Equine Foot Care at their excellent facilities at Greatwood at Rainscombe Hill Farm, Marlborough. Ten farriers gathered to work on thoroughbred horses’ feet, deal with various hoof problems and learn new farriery techniques. [more]
First Imprint Foot Care Workshop in the Netherlands
On Saturday June 27 Andrew Poynton of Imprint Equine Foot Care held the first workshop in the Netherlands to demonstrate the uses and fitting of the Imprint First shoe and the Imprint Sport shoe. This workshop was held in the north of the Netherlands in Klijndijk at the animal clinic of ARTS & DIER. See the report [here]
High impact injuries
High impact injuries to equine feet and limbs are a common problem with many contributing factors, from obscure soft tissue damage, palmer foot pain to osteoarthritis. Andrew Poynton, FWCF, examines the forces through the digit during every day activities. [more]
Imprint Sport - 1st Birthday
Press Release September 2009
Imprint Sport shoes has celebrated its first birthday, and the successes keep racking up. Horses in all disciplines are finding new form as a result of being fitted with the revolutionary stick on shoe. Not just a substitute for nails, the shoe mimics the elasticity and shock absorbing properties of the natural horn... [more]
I owe it to... Farrier Dean Bland and Vet Peter Scholefield
BECKYMOODY'S18.lhh Furston Hit's feet weren't coping with his size, the way he was moving and the work expected of him. Conventional farriery couldn't help when his heels collapsed and his feet distorted, splitting in the outside quarter. "My vet Peter decided he could try something more radical... [more]
Published in Horse & Hound 1 July 2010