Vent: I keep seeing guys skip the rasp step on a fresh trim

Honestly, I watched a farrier at a show in Lexington last week just knock the hoof wall down with nippers and call it done, no rasp at all. Tbh, that leaves a rough edge that can chip and start cracks, which I had to fix on a client's horse just two days later. How do you explain the need for that final smoothing pass to someone who thinks it's just extra work?

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simonl867d ago

Seriously, skipping the rasp is just asking for chips and cracks later.

kevin_hernandez837d ago

Yeah, that's just lazy work. It's like washing your car but not drying it, you're just leaving it to spot. That rough edge is a weak point, plain and simple. It takes what, two extra minutes to run the rasp around and seal that wall? Skipping it is a shortcut that costs the horse owner later. I'd ask that farrier if he'd buy a pair of boots with the soles left rough and unfinished.