Alex is a farrier with over 14 years of experience in providing hoof care. He has spent most his career within the thoroughbred racing industry and is currently based in racings HQ, Newmarket.

Alex has developed a strong passion and determination to provide the highest level of service to his clients. He is continuously forward thinking and embracing innovation in order to be at the cutting edge of hoof care. Driven in his own personal development in both practical and theoretical skill, he shares his experience and training through international speaking engagements and workshops. He is efficiency focused with a great attention to the finest of detail.

As an advocate for high levels of farriery care, Alex also emphasises the importance of horse management when it comes to the feet and the overall performance of the racehorse. In an effort to understand hoof biomechanics and the links between hoof health and performance Alex took a deep dive into the understanding of barefoot rehabilitation. His research study titled “The Morphological changes in thoroughbred racehorse feet following a period of barefoot rehabilitation” explored this area and highlighted significant changes that could lead to a reduced number of hoof injuries and better performance in thoroughbred racehorses. To view the dissertation click here.

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View fullsize We are always looking at ways of developing and strengthening our services to our clients and client’s horses. Motion Horse Farriery is proud to have recently invested in the Metron-Hoof and EponaCam system. Metron-Hoof is an image-based system
View fullsize This a frontal view of a shod hoof capsule that we dissected brilliantly showing the internal anatomy and the positioning of nails when driven into the hoof. You can see the margins for error are incredibly small on what would of been a strong and he
View fullsize Formahoof Review - 2 weeks post application the horse is Sound and comfortable by the actual formahoof application unfortunately failed. We believe this was due to the fact the molds experienced excess wear and with too little urethane material to p
View fullsize Protecting thoroughbred feet with @formahoof during Covid-19 Lockdown. Horse was living in hoof casts as a result of extremely shelly and weak feet post his racing career. We transitioned him to formahoof as his workload has reduced during the Lock
View fullsize Ex racehorses are renowned for having poor quality feet and often tend not to cope too well post their racing careers. This is usually a result of many changing factors from the regularity of hoof care to their feed, bedding and environment. This par
View fullsize *Swipe left* Slight saucer shoe (roller motion shoe), helping one horse with quite a large sidebone. Also has a leather rim pad to help absorb some concussion from @diamondfarrier supplied by @stromsholm_ltd. 🐎🇬🇧 @motionhorsefarriery 🇬🇧🐎 . #n
View fullsize Laminitis 🐎- for this suspecting case of laminitis we opted for the Spider plate, leather pad and DIM option rather than the wooden clog. We where referred to view this horse that had showed typical signs of pain associated with Laminitis. Upon insp
View fullsize Collapsing or underrun heels is often a consequence of abnormal loading as a result of conformation. With the use of modern materials and alternative shoeing packages we can help reduce or transfer some of those abnormal loads to support, protect or
View fullsize Hoof Balance - hooves are often balanced when shod or trimmed but over time will progressively grow out of balance, particularly those that are shod and cannot maintain balance naturally. Its reported that feet are generally deemed 'grossly out of ba
View fullsize Spider Plate with leather pad and DIM (Dental Impression Material). Aluminium spider plate helps me to reduce the forces experienced across the hoof wall during motion and helping with that ease of breakover. The leather pad adds a level of shock abs
View fullsize *Formahoof Update* 8 weeks post application. Overall points; Secure attachment still with plenty of wear still on the plastic molds. Hoof angles looking good, upright with good hoof pastern axis and overall hoof balance. There looks to be plenty it g
View fullsize We managed to achieve 5 degrees of elevation in an attempt to help to restore the hoof pastern axis for this ex-racehorse suffering from poor hoof balance and pain in the heel region. With a frog support similar to that of a bar shoe and DIM packing
View fullsize *This is interesting* The pink material is known as DIM or Dental Impression Material similar to what a dentist will use to take a mould of your teeth. It's a silicon that sets up similar to a rubber bouncing ball and provides a surface of cushioning
View fullsize Pink Formahoof 🤣 it was great to experiment with the colours of Formahoof, however the science of its application and the biomechanical benefits of Formahoof are what really makes this a brilliant addition to our farrier tool kit. Get in touch via D
View fullsize Using the @werkman_hoofcare Warrior unclipped with slight toe modification to include a rolled toe and angulation of the heels to help reduce pressure on the heel region. #racing #horse #farrier #newmarket #newmarketfarrier #motionhorsefarriery #al
View fullsize Working to improve the overall health of this particular horses hooves. He was struggling with weak broken wall, hoof imbalances and consequently quarter cracks. We opted for 1/4 clip roller motion @mustadhoofcare equilibrium air for ease of breakove
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