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The Kerckhaert Century unclipped aluminum shoe seemed a good option for this horse.

Completing the Package

Have a look at Derek Poupard's work on this 4 year old OTTB that he put Hoofcast on to provide stronger nailing and heel support. He chose the Kerckhaert Century Unclipped Aluminum Shoe to go with the 3D HoofCare Full Mesh Pad to complete the package. He decided on the Full Mesh Pad with the soft FootPro DIM 20 Impression Material because of the gravelly and sometimes muddy environment the horse lives in. The horse was much more comfortable with this support when the shoeing job was completed. Nailing and clinching with the Hoofcast material is just like working with good hoof wall. Derek used Liberty 5 Slim nails, a good fit in the Century Aluminum shoes.

The Kerckhaert Century unclipped aluminum shoe seemed a good option for this horse.
The shoe is easily shaped cold on the Diamond Stall Jack.
With the shoe fit, the 3D Full Mesh pad will be applied after adjusting the heel area of the shoe to avoid overlapping on the frog bar. You can also choose to trim the pad in that area.
The FooPro Double side disk for bench grinders works great for doing heel checks and if needed, cutting notches in pads for clipped shoes.
Final check on fit and position.
This view shows you how the frog bar will provide excellent load sharing support when applied.
Derek just puts two nails in temporarily to hold the pad to the shoe until it's dressed and nailed on.
FootPro grinder attachment does a great job on getting the pad trimmed to match the shoe.
Final look on the foot before nailing the shoe on.
The FootPro DIM 20 impression material is applied in a 1 to 1 ratio. Farriers appreciate the consistency and fact that it is not excessively oily. The two components are put together and kneaded for approximately 1 minute before application.
Before putting the impression material on the foot, Derek likes to wet the sole area and apply a copper sulfate mix to keep the sole and frog area healthy.
This is Allen's Powder, a copper sulfate mix that applies very easily.
The impression material is put in place and excess removed.
The shoe and pad are now ready to go on the foot.
The shoe will be set with two nails and then put on the ground to make sure the impression material molds to the area without having an excess of material that could cause a pressure problem. This is one of the key steps when using impression materials.
After the foot was put on the ground and weight bearing, it's picked up and excess that squeezes out is removed. It's much easier to do this clean up at this stage rather than wait until the material has fully set. The impression material goes into the holes of the pad, keeping the material from moving.
Excess also cleared at the back of the pad.
Nails that were bradded to hold the pad in place are removed and final nailing completed.
The nails are cut now and will be clinched. No need to undercut nails driven in the Hoofcast. They will seat back into the material when clinched.
Just a little bit of clean up with the Bellota finish file. and the job will be completed.
Full support now with the 3D pad and much better heel strength and lift with the Hoofcast.

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