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    Aug 19, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS: STEPHANIE BATEMAN

    MANAGING MOISTURE LEVELS

    Hard ground and dry conditions can play havoc with the moisture content of hooves.

    “It’s important that the horse’s hoof maintains a consistent moisture level,” says farrier Jack Climo Dip WCF. “They can adapt very well to long dry periods or to constant wet like most of our winters, but what the hoof struggles with is wet-dry-wet conditions, which we experience in summer.

    “When the hoof is exposed to

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