Equine Dynamics with Mike Stine Mike Stine

This Episode: Listener sent in photos for Mike to discuss - The importance of keeping hoof care on regular intervals - Travis is going to Alaska, Mike is in charge - The meaning and affects of negative palmer angles (NPA) - Mike goes to a horse show in Tryon

This Episode: Meet Fran Hancock from Louisiana with 50+ years of being a student of horses. A former school teacher turned farrier, follow us as she enters a male dominated field in 1975. Over the next 23 years has worked into earning her place into being voted the president of the AFA. She tells us her stories of the people that influenced her as well as things that wrestling mules and teaching colts not to be afraid of humans.

THIS EPISODE: Discussion of the history of horseshoes through time - Trav's wife rolled her ankle after her competition - Grinding vs Forging - Defining why we use Keg, Poly, Steel, Aluminum, and numerous other shoes - Other animals we shoe

This Episode: Mike and Trav recap their LIVE broadcast - How 3 degrees of separation equine people are connected - Why the interest in Structural Asymmetry - Actual issues at the running of the Kentucky Derby - Reinventing the wheel again - CASE STUDY of Lou Lou

We had a LIVE show at Dover Saddlery located at 1848 Galleria Blvd G, Charlotte, NC 28270. Thanks to Chelsea and her amazing staff for inviting us to join in their Spring Tent Sale. Follow the Equine Dynamics Show wherever you listen to podcasts.

This Episode: Cross tie issues - Mike vs Diego - Superficial Pectoral Muscles defined - Out of shape equals Leaning issues - How nursing from one side might be bad for newborns - Case Study of a horse named Brown Brown - Fixing bent arrows - Lateral Weak vs Diagonal Weak