Can You Quick A Horse Hoof?

It is also called to puncture, to pinch, to prick, or to quick a horse. Quicking or nail-quicked is used both for the actual penetration (pricking) into the area with sensitive tissue of the horse’s hoof and about a close nail that exerts pressure on the sensitive tissue. What happens Read more…

Why Do Travellers Have Horses?

Irish Travellers are an indigenous ethnic minority group. Horses are an important part of Travellers’ lives, with horse ownership considered one of the last links to their nomadic way of life. Travellers keep, breed, and sell horses. Trotting and sulky racing are popular recreational activities. Do Gypsies look after horses? Read more…