Blue-handled brush with black bristles and a purple grip, attached to a small angled metal pick.

HOOF PICK: A grooming tool with a small poker used to clean out a horse's hooves. The one pictured here also features a small brush for sweeping away the debris as you loosen it from the hoof.

Below is a picture of a TFO Farm student performing this important hygiene task for Clyde. Ideally, this should be done every day to ensure the horse's hooves are healthy. "No hoof; no horse," is a popular saying among horsemen.

Person in blue shirt tending a brown horse beside a green bucket in a wooded area

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