Bigger PerforiUcinoe Horses Present igger ChallengesManufacturers responding with bigger shoes, with wider webs

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Blake Brown, a retired farrier from Loomis, Calif., hasn't been away from day-to-day shoeing all that long — 9 years — but in his hoof-care consulting work, he's already seen some big changes. And put that emphasis on big."I'm absolutely amazed at how big these show horses have gotten," he told an audience during a Product Knowledge session at the 2013 International Hoof-Care Summit. "Whether it's the breeding for the additional size or bigger ones are being imported. They're huge."