Equine Dynamics with Mike Stine

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Join host Travis Holmes, an outsider, as he engages with the world renown farrier Mike Stine. Follow their discussion weekly as they focus on creating sounder horses from the ground up.

Mike Stine


    • Apr 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 145 EPISODES


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    S12E7: Pointing Fingers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 42:02


    This Episode: What are your feeding times for lawn ornaments. Is this the new name for real farriers - Watch Mike try to be a cameraman - Discussing HCP and who qualifies - Transferring more than energy from the top to the bottom and so much more.

    S12E6: The Jaw Effect

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 32:37


    This Episode: Floating teeth helps the back end - Mike's Easter update - Trav's wife's Spring Fever Scores - Reining horses issues - New Twin Shoe from Bartek - The Story of 3 legged Rocky and his gal Adrian

    S12E5: Slowly Going Sideways

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 36:10


    This Episode: Talking Terminology Carriage - Mike got some interesting x-rays - Deep dive into to the American Farriers Journal article by Dr. Deb Bennett - Medical Maggots - Trav's wife was inspired by Mike (sorta) and so much more

    S12E4: Meet Sammy Pittman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 45:15


    This Episode: Travis goes on a road trip on I-40 - Sammy Pittman, DVM, CF joins us in the studio - The workings of creating "freeze dried" animal parts - Answering the question of what normal hooves look like from the inside - Limb Education models - Mountain Mule Packers are still working

    S12E3: Meet Simon Cocozza, Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 42:14


    This Episode: FFE and Equine Biomechanics Specialist Simon Cocozza join us in studio - The results of Travis's wife first show for 2025 - Show vs Training warm ups - Why 80% of horses are pushes out of balance - The worst thing to happen returning from a road show Reign Back defined - When is it a gait to a gate not a gait with a gate

    S12E2: Meet Elise Umstead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 48:52


    This Episode: A graduate from Colorado University and now decided to be a farrier - Advantages of a female farrier compared to a male - Does conformation influence posture - Steps to hiring a new farrier - The "Questionnaire" - Giving ownership to hoof care decisions

    S12E1: Meet Dr. Julia Fisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 50:15


    This Episode: Mike and Trav catch up on the last 3 weeks - Dr. Julia Fisher joins us in the studio - What the South Carolina Horse Council ACTUALLY does!! - Is your animal control agent good enough for your city - How much money the equine community brings into an area - Creating jobs and a life force

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    S11E12: The Act of Nailing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 39:11


    This Episode: Regular Accounting VS Horse Accounting - When a horse doesn't like his trailer - Toeclips BAD or GOOD? - Deeper concern with the HPA - Trav budgets his horses for 2025 - How breakover affects tendon pressure

    S11E11: Meet Richard Malmgren

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 47:11


    This Episode: Long line trainer and World renowned Horseman - Defining Horsemanship - Managing your crew around horses - No hoof No horses meaning - Placebo Effect - Vet your employees - You are an office manger - Careers between horses or personal

    S11E10: Soring Horses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 31:08


    This Episode: New HPA rules for 2025 - Articulation of joints - Trimming until horses are sore - Is that a baby horse? - Trimming frogs - Environment influences the shoe choices - Feds in the horse community

    S11E9: The Game Changers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 36:35


    This Episode: New generation of farriers - Mike returns from the IHCS - Using x-rays for detect Tendonitis - Ground works mechanics on Tendinopathy - Trav's wash rack frozen in one spot - Having a monkey strap; good or bad? - Mike was held by the TSA

    S11E8: Looks Like a Mess

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 35:26


    This Episode: Mike is going on a trip "Somewhere?" - Defining Torsional - X Rays of a Draft Horse - Shoeing strategy after a rotational injury - Recognizing Collateral Ligament damage - Mysterious abscess swapping feet - Budget for fixing therapy horses

    S11E7: Right State of Coordination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 34:52


    This Episode: Defining EPM - Farriers should sleep like bats - Keep an eye on that opossum - Travis's mare got out again - Addressing the back trench issue - Flare ups from EMP - Solar vs Plug in electric fence boxes

    S11E6: Meet Simon Cocozza

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 41:02


    This Episode: Mike get's an Irish Horse - FFE International Trainer and Author Simon Cocozza joins us - Posture of Motion - Tests are elements of training - Who or what influences the ride - Mike and Travis celebrate their "twinsie," Birthdays

    S11E5: The Warning Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 34:19


    This Episode: Gifts from Listeners - Why is Travis using hay bags now - Marking your horses movement with chalk and a tape - Defining Blemish - Moving a horse out of the farrier's schedule - NEW WORD: "Catastrauphist"

    S11E4: Meet Kerry Haugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 34:41


    This Episode: President of the ELPO, Kerry Haugh joins us in the studio - What is the Equine Lameness Prevention Organization - External hoof mapping - Buying a horse vs building one - Misconception of being "Self - Employed" - How Trav's horses got out again - Teachings of don't be afraid to fail

    S11E3: Meet Jeff Cota

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 33:02


    This Episode: Editor from " The American Farriers Journal," Jeff Cota - Salty Mechanic Guys - The learning curve of hoof care - The groom's actual job - Become a writer for the journal - Why this podcast qualifies for CE

    S11E2: Building Stronger Backs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 33:19


    This Episode: Simon Cocoza clinic recap - The damage of long and low training - Kissing spine relief - What does canker smell like - Back strength causes hoof issues - X-rays of canker hiding - all this a so much more

    S11E1: Meet Emily Cleland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 47:03


    This Episode: Welcome to Season 11 - What did you miss? - Joining us in the studio, Emily Cleland from the Equestrian Aid Foundation - Medical Crisis Grant offers - Disaster Relief Mission - Applying help at the crisis moment - Horse people helping horse people call to action

    Mike Stine Clinic - Nov 9th 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 53:59


    This was held on 11/09/2024 for the South Carolina Horse Council. Follow the Equine Dynamics Show wherever you listen to podcasts

    S10E12: The Immature and The Amateur

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 43:26


    THIS EPISODE: What are the triceps muscles on a shoulder - Meet and greet on Saturday Nov 9th info - Wrapping up Season 10 - The downfault of not getting a vet check before buying - Travis's wife's competition results - Sad case of a horse with broken P3 (x-rays included)

    S10E11: Meet Megan Radkin, Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 37:58


    This Episode: Case study of a horse named Dingo - How flexure tendon damages affects the feet - Suspicious frog issues after x-rays - Stresses of training for a horse show - Addressing a declining club foot - Come see the podcast at the Equine Footwork seminar

    S10E10: What's Your Plan?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 43:46


    This Episode: A farrier and body worker discussion - A horse with gas colic - Travis got a weird hay delivery - Is it Lime or Line? - WLD can include Laminitis - Understanding the progression after shoeing - Mike got a new shirt

    S10E9: Providing Support

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 44:25


    This Episode: Equine hurricane update - Medical fields needs horse riders - Heated debate between Venogram and X-ray techs - Finding a secure horse to ride after a tragic fall - Installing support in the shoe or eliminate pain - Trav digs into Diego's condition with Mike

    S10E8: Meet Professor Bob Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 38:12


    This Episode: How Mike's clients rendering hurricane relief - Professor Bob Smith from the Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School joins us - Basic teaches of being a farrier - Why some people are not teachable with horses - The inner fight between 'Us" and "Them" when shoeing - Horsemanship is more about safety

    S10E7: The Hurricane Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024


    This Episode: Marking your horses - Feeding after the storm - What to watch for in the aftermath - Using weather-stripping on the hooves - Training your eye to see 5 to 10 degree changes - Setting yourself to draw feet - How to Join Mike and Trav with a bottle wine.

    S10E6: Too Many Cookies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 37:23


    This Episode: Measuring Sole Depth - Trav's horse got out again - Using paste and size markers on x-rays - Diet affects hoof growth - Horse People Dinner - Getting a baseline x-ray - Gas line formations in the hoof - How much "cup" do you have?

    S10E5: The "Tetris" Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 40:20


    This Episode: Horse growing pains - The meaning and causes of hoof abscesses - Is there a breeding shoe? - CASE STUDY of Splinter with full thickness toe crack - Who is Perky? - Nailing nails to prevent tendon and ligament damages for high level competition

    S10E4: Starting Off with a Bad Foot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 40:49


    This Episode: Archie made the Land Rover - HL ZONE - Fall is worse than spring for laminitis - Deer Corn Season concerns - Foal feeding can cause movement issues - Mike has a new 'Duck Pond" - Story how Mike got into being a farrier

    S10E3: Meet Mark Hausman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 45:45


    This Episode: Filling in the blanks on your horse's training - House/Barn manners for farriers and vets - Ground control on and off the coarse/saddle - The "Travis" Affect - Horses with people problems - Mark has "Chest Lazers" - The benefit of pasture buddies - All horses are "French" sorta (explained)

    S10E2: Sinking Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 38:20


    This Episode: Mike attend a clinic to discuss how to shoe for new tracks - Using a "Hock Tightening Wrench" - Trav's wife's show results at the "Made in the Shade 2024" show - Everything works with different hands - An FEI's World Equestrian Games' bronze winner over came suspensory issues and so much more

    S10E1: We Don't Fix Anything

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 33:35


    This Episode: Travis has an unknown issue with his mare, Dominique - Defining TSA and what to look for - The saddle is compensating or creating an accident - X-rays of a foundering pony - Striving for 53 degrees is out dated and so much more

    S9E12: Meet Dr. Kristie Shupe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 47:05


    This Episode: Donkey Basketball - Cowboy Mounted Shooting - Issues with Western vs English shoeing - DVM going from small to large animals - Sub clinical laminitis - Eat less and ride more

    S9E11: Stride Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 40:45


    This Episode: Hill trotting - Navicular issues - What's you stride angle - Male vs Female trainers - Case Study of Gizmo's x rays - Body size = stride length - Pricing a working horse with issues - Crawling forward as to lifting

    S9E10: Meet Kristi Foresman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 43:28


    This Episode: Kristi Foresman is a 3 star event rider - Havin a village in this sport - Certain levels of crazy for riders - Dealing with the UPS and DOWNS of competitions - Clearing the Mechanism before riding - Mike and Trav create a new business - Ending on a Number and not a Letter

    S9E9: Horse Hoof Bells

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 40:58


    This Episode: Building the weak side - Boiled peanuts - 4th of July issues - Saddle fitting on a HIGH LOW horse - The reality of wild horses feet - Conditions vs Genetics - Ditch walking for strength - Cold shoeing does not allow custom fits

    S9E8: Getting Two More Weeks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 43:41


    This Episode: Mike and Travis attend a "Long Line" Clinic - Photos of "Clyde" with disco shoes - Importance of Vet Work Ups - Low Grade Clubs is a bad term - Why Farriers should read/understand x rays - The Cookout Debate - Causes of false extensions - Happy horses vs happier

    S9E7: Canker Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 42:23


    This Episode: Trav's well ran dry - Defining Canker - Is there free horse care? - What are "Sky Raisins?" - Thrush vs Canker - Look out for "Death Fly's" - Hooves that look like tree stumps

    S9E6: Meet Dr. Micheal Steward, Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 54:12


    This Episode: Huge request for Dr. Micheal Steward to return from S7E2 - Urethane shoes concerns - Matching needs with what's in shop - Shooting "grease" into joints - Movement heals once applied - Bioclastic vs Bioblastic in hoof care

    S9E5: Meet Dr. Frank Reilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 59:10


    This Episode: Time to clean your water trough - Breathing issues turns into hoof issues - Flash soaking hay - Fecal test miss 80% of parasites - What are rescue medicines - How to bring your horses' temp down in the summer - Insulin resistance

    S9E4: Getting Off Track

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 40:48


    This Episode: Listener sent in photos for Mike to discuss - The importance of keeping hoof care on regular intervals - Travis is going to Alaska, Mike is in charge - The meaning and affects of negative palmer angles (NPA) - Mike goes to a horse show in Tryon

    S9E3: Meet Fran Hancock

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 48:49


    This Episode: Meet Fran Hancock from Louisiana with 50+ years of being a student of horses. A former school teacher turned farrier, follow us as she enters a male dominated field in 1975. Over the next 23 years has worked into earning her place into being voted the president of the AFA. She tells us her stories of the people that influenced her as well as things that wrestling mules and teaching colts not to be afraid of humans.

    S9E2 The Art of Fullering

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 42:19


    THIS EPISODE: Discussion of the history of horseshoes through time - Trav's wife rolled her ankle after her competition - Grinding vs Forging - Defining why we use Keg, Poly, Steel, Aluminum, and numerous other shoes - Other animals we shoe

    S9E1: Love of the Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 34:14


    This Episode: Mike and Trav recap their LIVE broadcast - How 3 degrees of separation equine people are connected - Why the interest in Structural Asymmetry - Actual issues at the running of the Kentucky Derby - Reinventing the wheel again - CASE STUDY of Lou Lou

    LIVE at Dover Saddlery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 48:18


    We had a LIVE show at Dover Saddlery located at 1848 Galleria Blvd G, Charlotte, NC 28270. Thanks to Chelsea and her amazing staff for inviting us to join in their Spring Tent Sale. Follow the Equine Dynamics Show wherever you listen to podcasts.

    S8E12: One-Sided Horses

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 34:35


    This Episode: Cross tie issues - Mike vs Diego - Superficial Pectoral Muscles defined - Out of shape equals Leaning issues - How nursing from one side might be bad for newborns - Case Study of a horse named Brown Brown - Fixing bent arrows - Lateral Weak vs Diagonal Weak

    S8E11: Meet Sarah Turowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 40:37


    This Episode: Sarah Turowski is a rep for Epona Mind Shoes and 15 year farrier - Travis learns a new term "Endurance" - Will the eclipse blind the horses - Meaning of Pasture Sound - Big tech is the traditional farrier's nightmare - The Barefoot Movement Explained - Mike Defends Old School vs New Tech

    S8E10: The Leaning Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 34:22


    This Episode: Mike deals with an Emergency "Come Fix My Horse," Call - Talking Terminology: Sternum - The Bone Collar - Using Stickers to evaluate - Straight and Square Bodies - Travis diagnoses a horse correctly... maybe?!?

    S8E9: KDZA

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 40:07


    This Episode: Keratinolytic Disease of the Zona Alba - Mike's new Wing Divider - Cause and affect of Bacteria and Fungus - Orange Methylate - Video of actual KDZA

    S8E8: What Perfect Was

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 39:44


    This Episode: Mike went to The Carolina International - Discussion about straightness affects the hoof - Photos from 4 star Cross Country Equines - Travis returns from Florida - Talking Terminology: Oblique and Slanting when shooting x rays - (MUST SEE) Mike's Hock Joint in studio

    S8E7: Meet Dr. Megan Radkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 39:10


    This Episode: Diego wrecked in turn 3 - Having a "1 - 2" Podiatry Vet Doctor - Why Mobile x-ray units have to be registered - The world's greatest lie detector - What to look for this early spring - The Venogram process

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