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Caballo Barefoot Trimming & Scoot Boots South Africa Caballo Barefoot Trimming offers holistic solutions to hoofcare. Caballo Equine Body Work offers you the best in equine performance enhancement.

We combine both "natural" barefoot trimming and sports massage for horses, therefore striving to create an equine athlete who is comfortable, content and able to perform at his optimum. We examine the horse as a whole, taking each factor into consideration, working with nature as opposed to against it.

Restful forest vibes after work ❤️
13/10/2025

Restful forest vibes after work ❤️

I trim your horses' hooves, walk your dogs and then they sleep on my bed. My clients are away so I'm not sure if this is...
27/09/2025

I trim your horses' hooves, walk your dogs and then they sleep on my bed. My clients are away so I'm not sure if this is allowed and I haven't had confirmation as yet, but Jackson seems to indicate that it's perfectly fine sooooo..... Look how adorable he is. I can't move him 😑🥹

Update: He just snarled, hopefully in his sleep, I'm definitely not moving him. I'm not sure if I'll survive the night either.

The Equine Documentalist will be presenting two clinics in South Africa in collaboration with Cape Town @ Monte Cavalo S...
25/09/2025

The Equine Documentalist will be presenting two clinics in South Africa in collaboration with

Cape Town @ Monte Cavalo Stud Farm & Livery: 20 October 2025
Johannesburg @ The Lipizzaner Hall Kyalami: 24 October 2025

Get 15% off your ticket price using the code SCOOTBOOT15

To book visit the link in my bio

Feedback from clients like this makes all the struggles of this job almost insignificant:"Thank you, Christine, for ever...
08/09/2025

Feedback from clients like this makes all the struggles of this job almost insignificant:

"Thank you, Christine, for everything. The guys are really getting on well. I can't tell you how happy I am with how all the horses' feet are looking. The Immunohoof is also amazing."

I'll be back in Botswana again later this month to work with this awesome team.



Giacomo's ingenius idea to use an tab glued on to stabilize a crack. So far the results are very promising. ...
01/09/2025

Giacomo's ingenius idea to use an tab glued on to stabilize a crack. So far the results are very promising.

💥🎊💥 SALE now on! 💥🎊💥Order any pair of Scoot Boots or EVO Hoof Boots and save 5% on your order!WhatsApp 0733895245 to vie...
28/08/2025

💥🎊💥 SALE now on! 💥🎊💥

Order any pair of Scoot Boots or EVO Hoof Boots and save 5% on your order!

WhatsApp 0733895245 to view our return and exchange policy and price list or to get remote or in-person sizing assistance from our seasoned hoofcare professionals

Sale ends 6 September

Why hoofcare needs a good team... Over the years, I've observed subtle or dramatic changes to the horse's posture and ba...
26/08/2025

Why hoofcare needs a good team...

Over the years, I've observed subtle or dramatic changes to the horse's posture and back once I've taken the horse barefoot. A very common one is a camped under posture (typically noticed when the horse hasn't been shod with caudal support) which starts to release as soon as the shoes are off and seems to improve further and stabilize to a neutral posture in about a month in most cases. Some horses with severely negative angles and discomfort in the body may be limited in how much they will improve in which case I look to composites and hoof boots and I am currently also experimenting with wedges. 

I have also noticed many horses brace with their front end and prefer to hold their heads abnormally high before shoe removal, and struggle to accept lowering the head to a more neutral position. This often changes within minutes of the shoes being removed. 

In my opinion it is ideal to perhaps take a step back from regular work as the horse goes through these changes even if he is fully comfortable on his newly bare hooves, instead focusing on hand-walking, liberty work, in-hand exercises etc (I personally don't like excessive lunging on repetitive circles, in this instance I walk with the horse and make sure we are doing a lot of straight lines in the session). Around 2-4 weeks off from ridden work can be sufficient to assist the horse's body to comfortably ease into the changes.

During this time I encourage massage and chiro sessions, and here's a big one - re-fitting your saddle. If your horse is used to holding his head relatively high and bracing and this is how his saddle is usually fitted, you can imagine how things may change when he adopts a new way of standing.

Attached are some examples of changes that occurred for various horses. While the one horse shows a massive back change within a month of going barefoot, the most mind-boggling for me is the first horse who was suddenly no longer on his forehand within 20 minutes of having his shoes removed. I pulled a full set of shoes with no pads and the shoes were of equal thickness.

A twenty minute gap between top and bottom photos. What happened in this time?I removed a full set of shoes off this 23 ...
24/08/2025

A twenty minute gap between top and bottom photos. What happened in this time?

I removed a full set of shoes off this 23 year old Thoroughbred with very contracted heels. He also did a two minute walk to check his soundness with regards to going barefoot.

I tried to help him stand better in the top photo when he still had his shoes on but to no avail. Needless to say if these are the improvements in twenty minutes I very much look forward to about three months from now.

I never get tired of seeing this change.

I found my best chicken friend while the groom went to fetch more horses. 😍And if you're wondering, why yes I did give h...
23/08/2025

I found my best chicken friend while the groom went to fetch more horses. 😍

And if you're wondering, why yes I did give him a little sniff.

I found my best chicken friend while the groom went to fetch more horses. 😍
23/08/2025

I found my best chicken friend while the groom went to fetch more horses. 😍

Jochen Schleese and Christine Pinna will be meeting for a second Live session this Thursday at 8pm SAST (2pm ET).During ...
19/08/2025

Jochen Schleese and Christine Pinna will be meeting for a second Live session this Thursday at 8pm SAST (2pm ET).

During this session we will be discussing various alternative tree options such as leather trees, treeless saddles and ba****ck pads. We will also learn about what makes the Schleese tree unique.

We hope to see you there!

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Caballo Barefoot Trimming & Equine Services offers you a holistic approach to equine performance enhancement. We offer a variety of services including barefoot trimming, Scoot Boot sales, live blood analysis and sports massage for horses. Our goal is to help the horse to be comfortable, content and able to perform at his optimum. We examine the horse as a whole, taking each factor into consideration, working with nature as opposed to against it. This website features information on our barefoot trimming method, equine sports massage technique as well as “natural” horse keeping practices. We are currently located in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa but we travel countrywide each month.