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Remember that big clinic in Lexington about 8 years back?
I was watching a guy demo a new style of shoe, one of those wide web aluminum ones for a horse with real bad navicular. He kept talking about breakover and the mechanics of it all, but the old farrier next to me just grunted and said, 'Kid, you're just moving the pivot point. The foot still has to land.' It was so simple, but it clicked. I'd been so focused on the shoe itself, the brand, the new tech. That one line made me step back and watch the whole horse move, not just the hoof I was holding. Now, before I even pick up a rasp, I make the owner trot the horse out on hard ground. I need to see that landing. Anyone else have a moment like that, where a few words from an old timer totally shifted how you look at a job?
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ellis.hayden15h ago
Yeah, that's the thing, right? It's easy to get lost in the gear and forget you're working on a living animal that moves a certain way. That old guy cutting through all the jargon with one plain sentence is the best kind of lesson.
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