Learning to understand the hoof and then solving the problems!New long-term further training concept with theory and practice for veterinarians and farriers

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Learning to understand the hoof and then solving the problems!New long-term further training concept with theory and practice for veterinarians and farriers.'The farrier is the most under-rated profession in our business [of equestrian sports],' Ludger Beerbaum says. The four-time Olympic show-jumping champion has been working very closely with Stefan Wehrli for exactly ten years now. 'Words fail me to say how important a good farrier is in our domain,' the German horseman adds. Thanks to the Swiss farrier, his previous Olympic horse Goldfever was able to start again in the European championships in Mannheim in 2007 after two years' rest and, thanks to itsperformance, bring home a team silver medal and an individual bronze medal. Goldfever's hoof problems had worried Beerbaum for years. Wehrli found the solution to the problem. Since then he returns regularly to Riesenbeck every five weeks to shoe the horses in Beer-baum's yard. However, that is an exception. Usually, horses must be taken to Stefan Wehrli for shoeing. In 2014 alone horses from England, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Italy, and Switzerland were broughtto Heldswil to be shod at his smithy. The 43-year-old farrier learned his trade from the bottom up; he understands it and has always striven to further his training.