St.Croix Forge Turf Plate

St.Croix Forge Turf race plate ideal for racing but also popular across many performance horses because of the flush toe grab

St.Croix Forge Concorde Aluminium

The St. Croix Concorde h orseshoemodel in aluminium has the same features as the regular Concorde horseshoe but much lighter.

St.Croix Forge Pony

The St.Croix Forge Pony horseshoe is designed for our smallest equine customers. The generic shape is ideal for ponies and easily modified into fronts or hinds

St.Croix Forge Eventer Steel

The St.Croix Forge Eventer Steel is a popular horseshoe which has been designed for the needs of versatile, performance horses.

St.Croix Forge Block Heel Regular Toe Hind

St. Croix Forge Block Heel is a Hind plate with raised heel blocks to prevent running down and excessive heel grab. Featuring a 6mm steel toe grab

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Combined driving

Combined driving is involving carriage driving. In this discipline, the driver sits on a vehicle drawn by a single horse, a pair or a team of four. The sport has three phases: dressage, cross-country marathon and obstacle cone driving.

Halter

Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.

Eventing

Eventing (also known as horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combination compete against other combinations in the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country and show jumping.

Pleasure riding

Western Pleasure is a western style competition at horse shows that evaluates horses on manners and suitability of the horse for a relaxed but collected gait cadence and relatively slow speed of gait, along with calm and responsive disposition.

Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of hounds", on foot or on horseback.

Old family business, modern vision

German farrier and teacher, Christoph Schweppe tells about his busines, competitions, the farrier industry and innovations such as the Mustad BaseMax.

Saddle bronc and bareback riding

Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding on a horse, that attempts to throw or buck off the rider.

All Weather

The Mustad LiBero, Equi-librium Air, DynaMic and LiBero Equi-Librium horseshoes are suggested options for 'All Weather' conditions.

Pavement

Grip should be optimised on pavement/tarmac as a steel shoe can be very slippy on these types of surfaces. Also they can be very hard on the shoes wearing them out prematurely.

Dry

Feet are often very hard and contracted in a dry environment. Horses have often retained a lot of sole. This is a natural protection against the harsh environment that they are in. Take care not to remove too much of the protective element.

Camargue equitation

Point-to-point

A point-to-point is a form of horseracing over fences for hunting horses and amateur riders. In Ireland, where the sport is open to licensed - i.e. professional - trainers, many of the horses will appear in these races before they compete in National Hunt races.

Leisure

Leisure is a form of equestrianism that encompasses many forms of recreational riding for personal enjoyment,without any element of competition. In the United States, particularly the American West, the term trail riding is used to describe pleasure riding, particularly on public land.

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of horse racing which is run on a level racecourse. It is run over a predetermined distance and is either a test of speed, stamina or both, whilst the skill of the jockey is determined by his ability to restrain the horse or urge it on.