Mark Hackland, a born and bred Edinburgh lad, didn't grow up with horses exactly but vividly remembers coal and milk being delivered on horse-drawn carts. His dad was a real lover of the Clydesdale and avid collector of horse figurines so it's maybe no surprise that, sooner or later, Mark would end up with a real life equine. Enter Boo, the now 18yo, gentle Clydesdale X Irish Draught giant. From the beginning, Boo suffered terrible problems with his feet and despite investing a lot of time and money in finding a solution his feet continued to deteriorate. As a last resort, Mark turned to an Equine Podiatrist for help and within a short while started to see an improvement. Such was his amazement at what could be achieved by going back to nature that Mark turned his back on his successful Martial Arts career to begin studying for his D.A.E.P. (Diploma of Applied Equine Podiatry). Some 3 years, a few thousand pounds and a good amount of blood, sweat and tears (some of it literal) later, he qualified in 2005 and Boo became his first client. And the rest is history, as they say...