EponaShoe is on a mission to improve the soundness of the horse.  The EponaShoe is a flexible horseshoe made of modern composite polymers. It makes use of four types of polymer to create the most effective flexible shoe design ever. A flexible shoe is the ideal tradeoff between what is natural for the horse, and the demands we ask of the horse.

Monique and John Craig has been engaged in researching the hoof for the past 12 years. They founded EponaTech in 1999 in hopes of offering helpful products to vets, farriers, and owners. They founded EponaShoe in 2003 to develop a new flexible horse shoe. Monique rides, trains, and shoes horses, and has also been acting as a farrier-consultant over the past several years.

What is different about the EponaShoe?

Most plastic shoes are either too hard or too soft. Plastic shoes that are too hard can cause pressure points under the sole and make some horses sore. This problem is more apparent with plastic shoes than with metal because plastic shoes always have a "wider web" than metal shoes - hence, they reach in under the sole further. On the other hand, plastic shoes that are too soft will not hold nails and will not keep their shape. The EponaShoe is the first shoe to solve this problem by using two materials on the "sole side" of the shoe. The EponaShoe is hard and stiff where the nails go, but soft and supportive under the sole. It can also be thought of as "the shoe with the built-in pad". In April 2005 our US patent was granted!

For more details on the product line, visit the EponaShoe website.