Our story
Built by a farrier who got tired of compromises.
The products on the market were designed around what was easy to manufacture. Derek Poupard designed around the hoof instead, and printed what did not exist.
40+
Years of farriery experience
4,600+
Orders fulfilled
22,000+
Products sold since launch
28,000+
Community members
Mass-produced products make mass compromises.
For decades the hoof care industry ran on one assumption: that a single standard size, material, and design could serve every horse. It can't.
Horses vary. Their hooves vary. The conditions they live in, the work they do, and the problems they face are different for every animal. A product designed to fit the average horse doesn't fit most horses particularly well.
We knew this because Derek Poupard CJF DipWCF had spent more than 40 years watching horses cope with products that were almost right. Almost the right size, almost the right firmness, almost the right shape. For a horse dealing with laminitis, thin soles, or navicular syndrome, almost right isn't good enough.
How we think about hoof care
Six principles. Every product.
01
Horse first
The horse's natural hoof is the starting point for every product we design. We work with it, never against it.
02
Made for yours
No two horses are the same, and no product should be either. Pads are printed to your horse's measurements, not to an average.
03
Refined constantly
If a product can be better for the horse, we make it better. The range is never finished. It keeps improving.
04
Farrier partnerships
The best hoof care products are built with farriers, not just for them. Professional farriers use the range every day and help shape it, because the people applying these products know things a designer working alone never would.
05
Long-term soundness
We design for both: support that spreads load away from sensitive areas now, and a design that helps support long-term hoof health and sound movement. A short-term fix that weakens the hoof over time isn't a solution.
06
Proven in the field
Every product in the range was developed and refined through decades of real farriery, from everyday horses to elite racing stables. These are not designs made in isolation and launched to market. They were tested on horses where getting it wrong wasn't an option.
The method
The only manufacturing method precise enough to do it right.
More than 30 printers in Sarasota, FL. Colored pads and inserts printed to order in 1 to 2 days.
How it's madeReal horses. Real results.
What horse owners and farriers are saying.
Squish Pads
“Within minutes, this horse was walking and trotting like she had never been laminitic in the first place.”
Oscar F.
Custom Printed Pad
“He trotted off extending his high side, landing heel first. Very comfortable.”
Penny S.
3D Mesh Pads
“He's come leaps and bounds and is sound and continuing to grow a better and better hoof.”
Tony J.
Squish Pads
“He's walking confidently and looking happier than I've seen him in a long time.”
Sarah B.
Squish Pads
“Very easy application, I was super happy with them, and more importantly this 28 year old horse with laminitis loved them!”
Alexander M.
3D Plates
“I love 3D plates and I install a lot of them here in the south of France!”
Pierre D.
Barefoot Protection Pads
“We resolved Buck's tenderness issue by installing a pair of 3D HoofCare barefoot protection pads.”
Benjamin R.
Sole Shields
“I actually had to work pretty hard to get it off today after 19 weeks, which helped get some sole thickness on him.”
Martin K.
Squish Pads
“Within minutes, this horse was walking and trotting like she had never been laminitic in the first place.”
Oscar F.
Custom Printed Pad
“He trotted off extending his high side, landing heel first. Very comfortable.”
Penny S.
3D Mesh Pads
“He's come leaps and bounds and is sound and continuing to grow a better and better hoof.”
Tony J.
Squish Pads
“He's walking confidently and looking happier than I've seen him in a long time.”
Sarah B.
Squish Pads
“Very easy application, I was super happy with them, and more importantly this 28 year old horse with laminitis loved them!”
Alexander M.
3D Plates
“I love 3D plates and I install a lot of them here in the south of France!”
Pierre D.
Barefoot Protection Pads
“We resolved Buck's tenderness issue by installing a pair of 3D HoofCare barefoot protection pads.”
Benjamin R.
Sole Shields
“I actually had to work pretty hard to get it off today after 19 weeks, which helped get some sole thickness on him.”
Martin K.
You're not figuring this out alone.
Behind 3D HoofCare is one of the most active hoof care communities online: 28,000 horse owners, farriers, and barefoot advocates sharing results, asking questions, and helping each other get it right.
Join the group to ask Derek questions directly, see real before-and-after results, and talk with people who have been exactly where you are.
