My name is John Fox. I’ve lived in Tumalo for seven years. I’m 60 years old and for much of my life, I’ve had a passion for race horses and shoeing them for optimum performance and health. For about 20 years, I worked up and down the East Coast at most of the major racetracks. For the past 20 years, I’ve worked primarily with sport and pleasure horses (including jumping, dressage, roping, barrel racing, gaited, endurance and trail horses).

My racetrack experience taught me that if a horse doesn’t have frog contact with the ground, the health of the hoof becomes compromised. Research shows that the hoof’s circulation is diminished by at least 40 percent when the frog doesn’t make contact with the ground.

My goal for every horse is to have a healthy, balanced and engaged foot. On the racetrack, this approach has dramatically improved performance and longevity. I’ve brought this truth to the general horse population and have produced the same results.

Recently, I’ve been working with a number of cutting horses at Hooker Creek and have been getting winning performances from horses that had been unable to compete at their optimum level.

I would consider it a privilege to help you and your shoer understand this little-known truth.

A few local references:

Jeanie Smith, cutting horse trainer, Hooker Creek (541-408-7344)
Tina Billings, jumping/dressage (541-388-2553)
Susan Marcoux, dressage (541-410-1421)
Weylin Meyers, jumping/eventing (541-382-8086)
Lucinda Baker, owner/trainer, Bent Wire Ranch (541-977-5611)