barefoot hoofcare
in santa fe, new Mexico

I am a hoofcare practitioner and PHCP student offering barefoot hoof trimming and rehab in the greater Santa Fe area. Please text or email for availability.

Services

  • Barefoot trimming

    Providing maintenance trims for happy and healthy hooves

  • Hoof rehab

    Improve hoof health by managing acute and chronic hoof pathology; laminitis, navicular problems, white line disease, and more can all be managed and healed by trimming to improve the internal health and mechanics of the hoof

  • Composite shoes & booting

    When needed, additional protection can be applied that best fits the needs of you and your horse, while still respecting the natural function of the hoof and furthering health and soundness.

About rachel

I got into hoofcare the way many do; I wasn’t happy with what I could get for my own horse, and decided to learn the trade myself, from mentors, study, and the PHCP program. I found that the work combined my love of biology, anatomy, and problem solving with the sculptural skills I acquired from years of work in the fine art bronze industry. From there, I started trimming horses at the rescue where I work, which gave me experience in improving a wide variety of hoof pathology and neglect. I focus on building a robust, resilient hoof through trimming for internal health and a correct biomechanic relationship between every part of the hoof.

Arts and crafts day! Some horses benefit from a more involved shoeing setup when other efforts haven't yielded results. This horse's owner is doing all the right things for this older Trakehner, from diet changes to radiographs, but this horse has a
My whole camera roll is full of pictures of the worst feet I trim/shoe that are in intense rehab and/or CYA pictures. Have to remember to stop and appreciate the good ones too. If you're at the PHCP conference this weekend, I am too! Find me and say
A good day, a good ride, a great horse. She gets some well deserved grazing time for crossing the Rio Grande when I asked 😂
The aesthetic shot and the interruption 😂 Not pictured: 5 other attempted shots that ended up just being blurry pictures of his nose . . . . . #barefoothorse #minihorse #farrierlife
You don't have to just pull shoes and accept that a horse may be sore! We have a lot we can do to ease the transition. After pulling shoes on this hind hoof, you can see in the bottom left that the frog was now proud of the heels, causing discomfort.
Happy with this gelding's progress! His heels were originally so contracted that his frog formed kind of a teardrop shape; we love to see a triangular frog! I've recently taken another horse out of shoes at the same barn, and the 5 week difference in
Direct glue with SuperFast urethane glue, can it be done? We're finding out! So far it has survived one week of ice, mud, snow, and being used to paw many holes in my haynet. The shoe is a 150mm(!) EasyShoe Versa Light applied to my personal horse. .