Lincon Hoof Varnish

Advantages: Two colours, easy to apply
Disadvantages: Melts in heat

...Effol Hoof Ointment strengthens the hooves and encourages healthy hoof growth. The hooves are strengthened and supported in their natural development. Effol Hoof Ointment makes the hooves more elastic thus protecting them against cracks even under extreme conditions. I have used Effol for years on all my horses young and old. Im not one that uses this everyday as it will just eventually ruin their hooves as they need moisture from the ground and air but occasionally a little something is needed especially in the summer season. Effoil ointment can come in two colour black or green and in two sizes large or small! Now my one horse as predominantly white feet and the other has all black feet now which colour! I opted for the green as both my horses have white/ dark grey legs so I thought green was least likely to stain and the black colour... Read review

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Advantages: It really works!
Disadvantages: The Price!

...I started to use the Keratex Hoof Hardener when my one horse (who doesnt wear shoes) started to get brittle feet and tiny cracks started to appear. A few other people on my hard were using it and when my farrier came out to trim him he recommended it to me but just to use until there was a shown improvement in the feet. I went along to my local shop and bought a bottle (its not cheap) and started to apply it daily when his feet were dry. The smell is pleasant to start off with and then it gets pungent! Strengthens poor quality hoof walls so that shoes stay on tight and allows lightly worked horses to remain sound without shoes. It does not produce a surface coating thereby allowing the hoof to breathe and function naturally and works by improving and strengthening the molecular structure of hoofwalls and soles. A little brush came... Read review

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Advantages: Looks nice, may enhance condition.
Disadvantages: May not enhance condition.

...I am not one for frequently oiling my horses hooves, but I do sometimes and Effol is the brand that I use. It has lasted me years, partly because I don`t use it much and partly because a little goes a long way. My farrier doesn`t advocate oiling, so is there any point? What is Oiling? * * * * * * * * * * * When you oil your horses hooves, you make sure they are clean and paint the oil all over the hooves with a brush. It is sometimes easy to miss the inner corner, so I tend to paint the inner sides when I am doing the opposite hoof and then the remainder when I go around the other side. Some people like to paint under the hoof aswell, covering the whole hoof as well as the frog. The frog isn`t a green hopping creature, it is a V shaped soft piece flesh slightly raised from the sole, which is intended as a shock absorber... Read review

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