Scholarship and stress shielding

The closing date for applications for the Rockley Scholarship has now passed and thank you to everyone who has supported it so far, by applying, sponsoring or simply spreading the word about it.

From a quick review there are some great applications and it will be a tough task to make a selection but we are about to get reading in earnest and will consider everyone very carefully.

Meanwhile, Mel Isaac has found a very interesting article and posted the link on Facebook:

http://www.healthehoof.com/bone_remodeling_equine_limb.html

I'm particularly pleased to see discussion of this because I've been suspicious for a while that shoes could effectively lead to stress shielding in the bones of the hoof:

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/stress-shielding-more-about-bones-and.html

Its brilliant to think there is finally research being done on the physiological effect of shoes, which has been a glaring omission for so long.