

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hoof Wear Patterns - What They Really Mean 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 04:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: What feedback can hooves give us about the equine's body? How can we use this knowledge to guide the way we care for horses?


Barefoot expert and equine ethologist Nick Hill is running a one-day practical workshop for vets, trimmers, bodyworkers and owners to learn his 12-step process for mapping a horse's hooves to influence care choices. 


Nick's schematic provides a framework to observe both the current health of a horse's feet, which has an impact on soundness, and the impact of the horse's physical and mental health, which has an impact on how the feet are worn. This information can the be used by vets, bodyworkers, trimmers and owners to influence care plans to improve equine welfare and performance.


Nick's protocol is extremely simple and efficient to use with a mobile phone, camera, or pen and paper. Using live models, Nick will show you how to assess the horses body and then produce schematics of each hoof to influence the trim, bodywork, diet, exercise and environmental changes. 


Used regularly, the Hoof Wear Patterns protocol can then be used to map progress. It is also a way to detect any abnormalities, allowing treatment of problems before they become serious. 


What's included?

This hands-on workshop will teach the participants the 12-step schematics process and how to assess the horse's body to create a complete picture to inform care. You'll see first hand how the schematics can be used to influence the trim, and how only small changes can significantly improve hoof performance and whole body movement. 


Once introduced to the format, the group is invited to repeat the process on additional horses to determine how each horse is trimmed. Movement assessment will be done before and after each trim to show the progression of improvement and how impactful the schematics are.


Refreshments and buffet lunch is included in the fee. 


Who is this workshop for?

Professionals and owners with an interest in hoof health, biomechanics, lameness and equine performance. It is particularly suited to vets, bodyworkers and trimmers dealing with difficult cases, owners that trim their own horses and those wanting optimal physical performance from their equines.


How can I attend?

This is a in-person workshop in Mark Cross, East Sussex. However, should there be sufficient interest in it being live-streamed for those unable to travel to the UK, please let Nick know.

 

About the workshop leader:

Nick Hill is a natural hoof care practitioner. His training started with the use of shoes for horses in June 2003 when he began working alongside qualified FRC farriers who taught him the Cytek method. He was a farrier with Cytek until 2006, when his training suddenly took a drastic turn because his feelings about hoof care resonated with Jaime Jackson’s work and research on wild horses. In March of the same year he started training with the AANHCP training program. Along with Jamie Jackson, Nick’s mentors include Todd Jaynes and Richard Dewry. Nick has traveled and shadowed other practitioners around Europe (Italy, France and UK). In 2009 he accepted placement in the Board of Directors for the AANHCP alongside Jaime Jackson, Bruce Nock, Ann Corso and Richard Dewry. Nick is a registered instructor with Liberated Horsemanship. He has taught clinics in Europe, Africa, America, and Israel teaching professionals and horse owners to understand a different way of managing and maintaining their equines. V&amp;T Equine Services aims to help anyone in the world through their clinics and educational offerings.


HorseSense UK is a leadership and development business based in the beautiful High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Along with our herd of New Forest ponies we offer learning and wellbeing experiences to individuals and groups from aged 4 upwards. Our passion is performance and we're excited to be partnering with Nick again to be offering this learning opportunity.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/groombridge/hoof-wear-patterns-what-they-really-mean/200029667523908
- **Event Categories**: workshops, health-wellness, virtual, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.horsesenseuk.com/event-details/hoof-wear-patterns-what-they-really-mean-2?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=groombridge-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Groombridge
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Horsesense UK
- **lat**: 51.063423880124
- **long**: 0.25054971530994
- **full address**: Horsesense UK, Crowborough, East Sussex, Groombridge, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Becci Godfrey (https://allevents.in/org/becci-godfrey/20340588)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Horsesense UK, Crowborough, East Sussex, Groombridge, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Becci Godfrey
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, health-wellness, virtual, mental-health
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hoof Wear Patterns - What They Really Mean  ?
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