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TEN YEAR PREDICTIONS FOR THE BAREFOOT MOVEMENT by Darolyn Butler in 2002 (21 KB)

THE 100 MILE RIDE by Darolyn Butler (112 KB) - Extract reprinted courtesy of The Horse's Hoof Magazine (Issue 31)

BAREFOOT AT THE WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 by Darolyn Butler (369 KB) - Extract reprinted courtesy of The Horse's Hoof Magazine (Issue 19)

BAR CONTRACTION ('NAVICULAR SYNDROME') by Dr. Hiltrud Strasser and Sabine Kells (655 KB)

HOOF ABSCESSES by Dr vet med Hiltrud Strasser (73 KB)

HORSEMANSHIP KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR TRIMMERS by Cynthia Cooper (50 KB)

AUSTRALIA TO "LEGALISE" BAREFOOT ENDURANCE COMPETITION by Ysabelle Dean (106 KB)

AUSTRALIA'S BAREFOOT VET by Ysabelle Dean (103 KB)

BREAKING TRADITIONS by Dr Tomas G Teskey, DVM (82 KB)

COURSES FOR HORSES by Ysabelle Dean (116 KB)

DARE TO GO BARE by Jen Clingly (144 KB)

FOUNDER TRACK SYSTEM By Lezley Golding (135 KB)

FREEDOM FOR THE FEET by Dr Tomas Teskey DVM (40 KB)

GOING BITLESS: WITLESS OR WISE? by Ruth Field (76 KB)

GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME by Carola Adolf, fSHP (45 KB)

GREAT DEBATE: "TO SHOE OR NOT TO SHOE" by Ysabelle Dean (42 KB)

HEALTHY SOIL MEANS HEALTHY HORSES by Tony Jones (44 KB)

BAREFOOT & BITLESS AT THE RDA TRAIL RIDE by Garry King (31 KB)

LIFESTYLE BASICS: MAXIMISING MOVEMENT by Lezley Golding (100 KB)

CASE STUDY - LILY by Reshad Oberlander, SHP (410 KB)

THE METAL-FREE HORSE by Dr Robert Cook, FRCVS, PhD (237 KB)

RIDING THE BOUNDS by Lisa Yelland (139 KB)

ROCK ENDURANCE RIDE by Dr Steven Roberts (50 KB)

BRINGING THE SPARKLE BACK IN TO CRYSTAL'S LIFE by Dr Tomas T Teskey, DVM (47 KB)

SUCCESSFUL BARE HOOVES by Carola Adolf, NEF/fSHP (122 KB)

THE UNFETTERED FOOT by Tomas G Teskey, DVM (86 KB)

TOMAS TESKEY INTERVIEW by Ysabelle Dean (50 KB)

TRADITIONAL (PAIN-BASED) BITLESS BRIDLES By Dr W Robert Cook, FRCVS, PhD (117 KB)

WADI FARM WALERS By Katherine Waddington (342 KB)

WHOLE OATS, THE PERFECT HORSE FEED? by Yvonne Welz (85 KB)

ON TRACK by Shan Daw (212 KB)

RDA VICTORIA TRAIL RIDE 2007 by Garry King (97 KB)

REPORT ON THE SAFERGRASS CLINIC IN VICTORIA by Gail Bateman (50 KB)