Rach Hemy - Hoof Cares

03/03/2026

Let's take a look at the wide range of horses I have the honour of trimming...
Our muddy Meg is the oldest horse on my books who's looking amazing even in her 30s (she's older and definitely wiser than me!) I say it each time I see her, the old girl's feet are fab for her age and I'm glad to be able to help her stay that way 😍
Then we have boggy Bambi who is just a wee yearling and the baby of my clients 👶 she's still learning how to be a horse and that that includes having pedicures but her family have worked hard with her training and in just 2 trims she's improved so much already (with the help of a bucket of lick too!)

04/01/2026

Something I've never even considered but well worth keeping in mind especially at this time of year when even those who use Faecal Worm Egg Counts to keep on top of worms, will likely be using a wormer anyway! Remember sometimes administering wormers can be a trigger for laminitis too... 🪱

*** TOP WORMING TIP!! ***

As hard frosts hit the UK, those that need worming for encysted redworm will be done in the next week or two, so I thought it was a good time to share one of my top nuggets of worming (de-worming if we want to be correct, but as a “horsey” girl, I’ve always incorrectly said worming!).

Always worm your horse IN THE MORNING! Some horses with high worm burdens/unknown worming histories may colic as the worms start to die off. Some horses may react to a wormer. Some may not eat or drink for hours after being wormed. You need daylight and you need to be able to check your horse, if only at lunchtime and then again in the evening.

As an added tip to potentially avoid an out of hours vet bill, always worm on a week day!

I never advise worming in the evening unless you have cctv and can check your horse several hours later. It just makes sense to worm early morning so that people will always be around for the 12 hours or so after administering a wormer.

My worming posts always attract lots of questions, but this one is only about the ideal time of day to worm, so on this occasion I won’t be answering any questions - I’m having an easy Sunday 😉

For bonus marks, what type of worm is in this poo?

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31/12/2025

Frosty footprints...

And what lovely looking hoof prints they are! Just by looking at what Albie leaves behind when he moves, I can tell the more precise sculpting of his frog that my mentor Hattie introduced me to is keeping them in the right shape even when due a touch up (you can also see his bars could do with a trim too but Christmas and illness has got in the way recently unfortunately!) it's also helped his thrush massively and I'm seeing similar results with client horses too 🐸

Now that winter has finally decided to show up though, we've got to be mindful of the frosty grass for the laminitic prone and to ensure lots of fresh, non icy water for all ponies too ❄️

I hope all clients and their horses had a lovely Christmas and wishing everyone a Happy New Year too ❤️

05/11/2025

Remember, remember the 5th of November...

And remember, remember the animals who don't understand a random guy who didn't like the government centuries ago but we still set off fireworks for him now...

Sending calming thoughts to all the beasties out there, equine or otherwise, who have to put up with our bright and noisy nonsense at this time of year! 🎆🎇