Back in about 2002, I bought a thoroughbred who had lived in a pasture with very sticky clay soil. He was subject to all the hoof ills one might imagine, from thrush to white line disease to, well, you name it. His hoof walls were weak and crumbly, and he had trouble keeping his shoes.
After several months, I brought him home to a pasture with sandy soil, and many of his hoof issues disappeared with that change, but the thrush seemed intractable, and his hooves remained soft and were torn by shoes falling off.
In desperation, I hauled to a locally famous farrier who had been President of the AFA for help. This fellow took his shoes off, trimmed the hooves, treated the thrush, and told me to leave him shoeless for at least six months. He also prescribed and sold me Nu Hoof Maximizer and told me to use it every day for that period, as well as that blue stuff for the thrush.
I did. The horse's thrush was conquered, his hooves hardened, and after t he six months he was able to keep his shoes on. This horse was on Nu Hoof Maximizer for the rest of his life and I don't remember him ever having hoof problems again.
Fast forward twenty ears to my same sandy soil pasture with three different shoeless TBs. No thrush or white line, but after years, soft crumbly hooves. When I finally waked up to the fact that they were not getting the hoof nutrients that they needed, I immediately went back to Nu Hoof Maximizer. After six months or so, their feet were lovely and hard. …
