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Meet Ariel and Sedona

Breed: 12 year old Canadian Warmblood mare

Discipline: Dressage, FEI Juniors

Upcoming event: 2019 North American Youth Championship

 

We caught up with Canadian dressage rider Ariel Boesner to check in on how her mare is doing in Easy’s Performance Slippers®- the patented, FEI-approved, glue-on slipper.  Here’s what she had to say!

Q: Tell us about Sedona’s hoof condition.

A: Sedona has always had flat thoroughbred-like feet. Last Spring she was diagnosed with navicular and was very lame. We changed her shoes, and it got better so I could finally ride her after two months of lameness. Then our farrier tried her in glue-on shoes, which seemed to provide more comfort to her. But every time after the new shoes were put on, she would be off for a couple days.

Q: How did you find out about Easy’s Slipper®?

A: My Mom Paula was the one who found out about Easy’s Slipper® from Advanced Equine Comfort. They appeared to be the best glue-on shoes on the market, so we decided to try them out since Sedona was still very foot sensitive. We have been using the Slippers for three months now and the difference has been astounding.

Q: Since switching to Easy’s Slipper, how has Sedona performed in the show ring? What differences have you seen? 

A: The day after the show, Sedona is still completely sound, and we can ride. We have seen amazing differences in her feet with good growth quality of hoof strength and shape. In fact, at one of our shows this winter, Sedona lost a shoe in the warm up an hour before competition. So, we pulled the other front shoe off, and she went barefoot for the first time in her life. She stayed sound throughout the entire three-day show weekend. We were really amazed!

Q: What is your future plan for Sedona in terms of hoof management? 

A: Since seeing these great changes in Sedona’s feet and good, quality hoof growth, we are planning to keep her in Easy’s Slippers®, they really work for her!

Q: Any upcoming show plans? 

A: The Florida circuit is over, so we are headed back to Canada now. Next month, we will show our first CDI (Concours Dressage International) in the FEI Junior level at the Ottawa Dressage Festival!

Farrier Steve Hamilton of Hamilton Horseshoeing in Illinois had a client with a Shetland cart pony suffering from grass laminitis. Babe was lame from the laminitis and had a very hard time moving about.

Steve had heard of Easy’s Slipper® and had his client order a pair to try out on Babe.

“The slippers were so easy to put on,” said Steve. “I love the holes where you can insert your glue tip. Because the slippers are clear, you can really see the glue going in and bonding. They were very easy to put on.”

When Steve applied the slippers, he started with a dry fit and saw that Babe noticeably relaxed and seemed to feel instant relief. Once the slippers were glued on, Steve couldn’t believe the difference they made. Immediately, her pain was relieved, and Babe was running and jumping in the pasture again. She now has the comfort to move easily and generate more blood flow to her feet.

“When I call Easy’s Slipper®, I get a call right back,” said Steve. “The customer service is amazing. I’ve got several other clients who want to try Easy’s Slipper®, and I’m excited to start using more of these fantastic glue-ons.”

Babe in her Easy’s Slipper®

Vanida Sacred Springs, a now 17-year-old Lusitano broodmare, arrived at Renaissance Farm in utero. She was imported from Interagro Farm, one of the most prestigious Lusitano Breeding farms in the world, located in Brazil.

Vanida was always eligible for inspection by the Associação Portuguesa de Criadores do Cavalo Puro Sangue Lusitano, The Lusitano Stud Book (APSL). In late August, the APSL judge came all the way from Portugal to the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA, where Vanida was brought in for APSL inspection. She needed to be walk, trot and canter sound to pass.

Vanida just had a foal. And she has an old injury to her coffin bone, which causes intermittent lameness. Vanida wore a pair of Easy’s Performance Slipper™ Heart Bars to give her the best possible support and the best chance for passing her inspection. This wonderful mare is now officially an APSL mare, which she so deserves to be!

Last month, we were in Milton Keynes, UK, teaching farriers how to use Easy’s Slipper®. We even put the slippers on a few new clients!

This Thoroughbred broodmare is 17 years old and belongs to one of the local vets, Thorstern Feddern. She was sore footed on all four feet. Once she was in her Easy’s Slipper®, she happily walked around with no noticeable lameness. And five weeks later –she’s still enjoying her slippers.

Right: Dave Giza working on the broodmares feet

For years, Coty, an 18 hand Belgian draft horse, suffered from intermittent abscesses, causing lameness and severe coffin bone rotation. After trying traditional shoeing methods that failed to provide relief, farrier Marvin Howard suggested Coty try Easy’s Slipper®, a therapeutic glue-on slipper that provides shock absorption and vibration dissipation to improve joint and bone health.

Ben and JoEllen Van Gundy jumped at the opportunity to try a glue-on horseshoe that might provide some relief and therapeutic benefit. Coty has been wearing Easy’s Slipper® for about six months now and seeing great improvement. He is now able to put weight on both front feet and is out grazing every day. Ben and JoEllen are thrilled that he is “comfortable, mobile, grazing and eating normally,” they said.

“Coty doesn’t seem to be in any pain,” said Ben. “And we attribute that to Easy’s Slipper®. We believe that Easy’s Slipper® has extended his life and improved his quality of life dramatically, and we are very grateful to Sue Blair and her company.”

The slippers stay on Coty’s hooves for six weeks at a time, in the many different environmental conditions of the Van Gundy’s Rushville, Ohio farm. Conditions have varied from cold, snow, wet, rainy and muddy, and the slippers have stayed on. The Van Gundy’s farrier also notes that the slippers are very easy to apply.

“We are so happy that Coty is doing so well in his slippers,” said Sue Blair, founding CEO of Advanced Equine Comfort. “He now has relief from abscesses and the reduction of his chronic pain has allowed him to be a happier horse. I feel lucky to get to work with horses like Coty every day and provide them this sort of relief.”

World’s first hind foot glue-on now available

June 7, 2018 – Highlands, NC – Today, Advanced Equine Comfort (AEC) announced the release of Easy’s Performance Slipper™ for hind feet. This marks the first ever glue-on on the market available for hind feet. The slippers have all the benefits of Easy’s Performance Slipper™ and benefit horses that need hoof support on all four feet.

Research and Development at AEC is currently studying the benefits of the hind slippers on horses with stifle join issues. After a six-month study, Anna (a Tennessee Walker) is more comfortable and flexible due to the shock absorption and vibration dissipation from the slipper.

“While you can never replace the synovial fluid in the stifle joint, you can enable a more fluid movement for the horse thanks to shoeing,” said Sue Blair, founder and CEO of Advanced Equine Comfort. “Anna is now 16 years old and has been wearing her custom Easy’s Performance Slipper™ for hind feet with measurable improvement.”

The slipper is designed specifically for the hind foot, which has a different shape from the front. AEC currently offers sizes 0 and 1, and will have 00 to 3 available soon.

To learn more visit advancedequinecomfort.com

Advanced Equine Comfort’s U.K. distributing partner, Stromsholm Farrier Supplies, will be showcasing Easy’s Slipper® in glue-on clinics this summer. The clinics are for horse owners and farriers who want to transition out of steel and into glue-on slippers.

Established in 1972, Stromsholm Ltd has more than 40 years’ experience and is proud to have been awarded the Royal Warrant from her Majesty The Queen. Stromsholm has grown from selling horseshoe studs from the kitchen table, into the UK’s leading specialist both in hoof care and horseshoes.

Stromsholm offers a comprehensive range of horseshoes, including Easy’s Slipper® glue-on slippers, as well as many of the leading hoof care products available on the market today.

Summer Glue-On Events:

Glue-On Clinic, Shoemaking Competition & BBQ
When: 12 June – start @ 2.30pm

Where: Stromsholm South West (Equirap) The Forge Little Pastures, Ty-Freeman Lane, Gwehelog, Usk, NP15 1RD

Schedule:

Royal Welsh warm-up competition

Judge Andrew Bowyer AWCF

3-30pm – Apprentice shoemaking competition

1st & 2nd Year

4-30pm – 3rd & 4th Year

5-30pm – Open Shoemaking

7pm – Open 15 Minute Speed shoemaking class

7-45pm – Eagle Eye competition

Glue-On Clinic
When: 13 June – start @ 5pm
Where: Stromsholm Lambourn Race Division, Unit 9, Lowesden Works, Lambourn Woodlands, RG17 7RY

Glue-On Clinic
When: 14 June – start @ 5pm
Where: Bellow Hill Vet Centre, Woburn Sands Road, Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Mk17 9JY