Farrier Course
This practical course equips trail horse owners with essential farrier skills to maintain healthy hooves, detect issues early, and support professional farriers effectively.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This short, practical Farrier Course builds solid hoof-care skills for sound, comfortable trail horses. Learn key anatomy, hoof balance, and biomechanics, then recognize bruising, abscesses, cracks, and underrun heels early. Gain safe handling techniques, clear scope-of-practice limits, and step-by-step support for farrier procedures, plus simple owner education and follow-up strategies that improve outcomes on every farm visit.
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Develop skills
- Hoof pathology detection: quickly recognize bruises, abscesses, cracks, and seedy toe.
- Safe equine handling: restrain trail horses and assess hooves with minimal risk.
- Lameness assessment: use hoof balance, digital pulse, and testers to localize pain.
- Farrier support skills: assist with trimming, shoeing, and hoof prep to pro standards.
- Owner communication: explain findings, care plans, and red-flag signs in clear language.
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