Dear Patti,
Any hoof tar will work, but I suggest where you are, using the standard on the wall, Will mean warming up beforehand to liquefy) and the more oil ratio underneath as the snow and ice will not ball up so much., and yes, I would recommend doing every day for your old mates, like us, they lose the natural things to keep us healthy as we get older. Cheers, Kathy.

Val, Take his shoes off through winter – do not ride him and find a different vet, and a bare hoof farrier. Give your horse a break so he can grow his hooves naturally. He will be better for it – what is more important? Your rides, or your horse well being?

That sounds great! But I only hack my horses, therefore no need for mixed feeds, but you should get your message to competing horse owners!

You can reserve the fat from any meat you cook, or buy fat from a butcher.

Ok – if you cook a Roast, or BBq etc, that is the animal fat. Or you can buy it as Lard at the butchers.
Tamara, I collect the fat from cooking, and due to our very dry conditions, our horses need more of it – shod or not. even if you cannot get Stockholm tar, get sump oil, old vege oil and mix to 1/4 each tar and oil, the rest animal fat – and do the soul of the hoof as well as the wall.

My Welsh X Mountain pony got in a very tight situation, involving wire and a tight space and she stayed still while I got her out – not a mark on her! If an animal trusts you….

Re Polo ponies. Being smart.
Another polo job re working – riding one and lead two.
There were 2 that would just play up when lead – pull back or rush forward! Trixie was one I got on well with, and in a week, I would knot her reins so I could let go to work these two luggas, , lean forward for faster and lean back slower. Trixie was the best for problem led horses, as I could ride her with no hands!

LOL! SAME HERE! even now retired, gotta spend same amount of attention to each of my Gee Gees!!

Stockholm tar is very hard to find now days, even in Australia. It was used years ago to stop bleeding when a sheep was cut, and they had a Tar boy with the tar to dab on the sheep.
But Sump oil is very similar to Stockholm tar – that is what we used in the mix, when we couldn’t get the Stockholm tar. I have no scientific reason why it works, the mixture, but it does.