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Originally Posted by Kasept
Honest to god Richie, this is silly. We're going to now debate who the 'best' farrier is and take a swipe at someone who did the best they could with a tough, likely impossible, situation?
First of all, Ian McKinlay isn't a farrier. He is a hoof treatment specialist that specifically treats problem feet, and has been respected and appreciated by horsemen for decades. His methods have been adopted by young veterinarian podiatrists widely, and no one will argue that he has advanced the progress of understanding hoof care.
Ray Amato is generally recognized as the East Coast's top smitty.
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Steve, I was groggy when I made that post. It was very late. It came out totally wrong.
Here is what I meant to say: McKinaly is obviously great at what he does. He is one of the best in the country. I'm sure that he did a great job with Big Brown. But as you said, he did the best he could with a pretty much impossible situation.
One of my trainers regards Champagne as the best. He asked Champagne earlier in the week what he could do with Big Brown's quarter crack if he was the one working on it. Champagne said there was nothing he could do.
My point was really that there was nothing that could have been done that would guarantee that the quarter crack wouldn't bother the horse.
I guess my only criticism of McKinaly is that he should not have basically guaranteed the public that the quarter crack was a non-issue.