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The result of an abscess: only World's Best Hoof oil has been used on Kangabee's hoof. The above process took 11 weeks.

A hoof product that works!

Many of us have desperately been searching for a hoof product that helps encourage and stimulate healthy hoof growth and heals the inevitable splits and cracks that seem to be a common cause of many unsound horses and continual loss of shoes.

The story of the World's Best Hoof Oil goes way back to 1898 when Peter Toogood was born. His parents ran a 500-acre property. Peter was a fine student, and, in the field of chemical science in particular, he was outstanding. He was a good rider, and this saw him take his chance in the rodeo ring. It was while he was at one of these meetings that he first began to see that some of the horses had far better hooves than others, and he began to ask why, as these working horses worked on very rocky and rough countryside.

Peter was told that the horses he was asking about worked during the weekdays in a eucalyptus lumbering forest. Armed with this information together with his excellent education he began to work on a hoof paste that would help to grow a foot out and give it strength, so it could withstand the pressure of both work and play, and yet be pliable enough to withstand the loss of a shoe and not become too damaged on the mountain country before it could be reshod. Again Uncle Les gave advice by saying "Don't make it into a wax or a heavy cream or lard, because it has got to soak into the hoof".

Peter, after almost two years of testing and modifications to the formula, with advice from a farrier and his veterinary school friend, had come up with Toogoods Hoof Oil. It didn't take long before the orders started to come in via word of mouth, or by mail, for the Best Hoof Oil and Best Hoof Oil in the World, and so it was Peter's own customers that changed, and chose, the name of the product.

All the ingredients are 100% pure and they include Neatsfoot, Wood/Stockholm tar (a pure virgin wood tar used in hospitals and chemists for humans), salgari, wintergreen, lavander, peppermint, emu and eucalyptus oil. Silicone has been added to the original formula to provide even more protection whilst still allowing the hoof to breathe.

WBHO is the no.1 hoof oil in Australia and fast becoming so in USA and England. WBHO has become so popular because As Peter once said: "it does exactly what is says it will do - works, growing a strong healthy hoof with walls that any farrier will find a delight to work with, and the owner will have a happy horse that has every chance to stay sound".

WBHO fixes cracks and splits and stops them starting in the first place. Not only does it moisturize the hoof without blocking it or caking it with dirt, but because of its purity it will not dry out or weaken the structure of the hoof. Also useful for helping minimise concussion; if applied to the frog and sole is it keeps the frog pliable and it can therefore work as a shock absorber as it was designed and jarring is lessened.

Prices start at $25 - contact Frith Daniels f.daniels@horseessentials.co.nz, or phone 0274 776 868. See the website for additional info and testimonials plus free Master/Correctional Farrier help 24/7.