Phelps Farrier Service

I use four nails a lot, I use five nails a little bit, I rarely use six and I pretty much never use 7 (even in shires!) why is this when a lot of people use five as a minimum?

Personally I think that the less holes that you can put into a foot the better as there is then less chance for a bacterial invasion to occur or foot chipping of (often through perforation due to nail holes being close to each other), when the horse looses a shoe.

If you have good nail placement and good clenches then that’s the best for the horse. If they are going to catch it extra nails won’t help it stay on!