Better than Magic Cushion is Rebound. It doesn’t have the leather bits but it does have arnica in it. Love love love it! And developed by an eventer AND ok to use at FEI events!
Maybe we can put to use all the broken leather bits of old bridles, halters, paddock boots, etc, that are lying around the house and barn.
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I was excited when I saw this thread and then I realized it was my own from 2 years ago. lmao.
I’ll probably try the rebound. thanks for reminding me. gonna go buy some right now!
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I was inspired to get some after reading all the threads on here. Pretty expensive to ship to Ireland but it sure is worth it!!!
I wouldn’t be without a tub of it on the yard now. Thanks for the great tip guys. 
You want it to be runny - actually you should heat up your Venice turpentine to be able to paint it on hoofs and to penetrate. I either use a plug in coffee cup heater or I partially submerge the can in hot water.
After painting it on the hoof (not frog) - just grab a fistful of hay/straw/shavings even newspaper will work and slap it on the painted sole before setting the foot down.
As far as hardening I also like the commercial Durasol, but you can make your own mixture of betadine, formalin and paint the soles. I put it in a spray bottle and spray the sole while grooming on hard surface or rubber mat.
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One of my farriers told me that venice turpentine and pine tar are the same thing, as opposed to turpentine from HomeDepot which he said not to use. I heard the same thing at the shop at the track.
When I glob the pinetar/venice turp on the soles of my mares’ feet, I make sure there’s shavings under her to pack in. My can is always runny but I’ve seen some cans of venice turp. that are firm, like when old honey chrystalizes. (I bet someone on this thread knows how to harden the can of venice turp/pine tar so it doesn’t drip off my paint brush, on my shoes before I can brush my mare’s soles. …
I hadn’t thought of icthamole…or greengoo (salicilic acid-asprin + menthol green hoof packing).
I’m with the OP- I just pack 'em cuz it makes me feel good. paprika and cayenne pepper have capsaicin, might add some to the pensionnaire’s goo. very very clever OP[/QUOTE]
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I was excited when I saw this thread and then I realized it was my own from 2 years ago. lmao.
I’ll probably try the rebound. thanks for reminding me. gonna go buy some right now![/QUOTE]
Some people I know don’t like it but I do. I perfer it to MC. But it doesn’t do well cold cold (I keep it in my heated tack room in the winter)…and you need to have wet gloves on to put it on–very sticky. If the foot is dry, it stays in well.
I personally prefer this product. It is a sole paint…and you can make it yourself but I’m lazy. Works really well at taking the sting out of sore feet. With DMSO, not legal FEI though…
Just wanted to point out that venice turpentine is not the same thing as pine tar, as was stated earlier. Venice turpentine is resin from the larch tree (and, despite its stickiness, one of my fave hoof things ever!).
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What other ingredients might be found in Magic Cushion?[/QUOTE]
The ingredients are available on the product website:
Active Ingredients: Turpentine 26.6%, Iodine 0.06%
Inactive Ingredients: Natural Leather Fiber, Rosin
Omg. I just opened this thread and started reading with intrigue!
Half way through the OP I realized it was me.
Braaahaha.
For reals. That just happened.
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Omg! Lmao. I did the same thing in 2014.
Slap self on forehead.
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I’ve done that. At least it keeps us entertained. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Now has anyone figured out the formula for make your own Thrushbuster? Povidone Iodine, Gentian Violet, and what else in what proportions? I always found that the stuff worked, but it drove me crazy to pay up to $14 for a tiny bottle when I knew I had the ingredients around for dirt cheap, and just didn’t know the ratios.
I’ve done that. At least it keeps us entertained. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Now has anyone figured out the formula for make your own Thrushbuster? Povidone Iodine, Gentian Violet, and what else in what proportions? I always found that the stuff worked, but it drove me crazy to pay up to $14 for a tiny bottle when I knew I had the ingredients around for dirt cheap, and just didn’t know the ratios.
Just saw this thread and I thought I’d add what my turn-of-the-century formula manual has to say on the subject.
For contracted hooves or sore feet: Equal parts lard, yellow wax, linseed oil, Venice turpentine, and tar. Apply to the edge of the hair once a day.
Alternatively: Melt together 4 ounces of rosin and 8 ounces of lard. Add one ounce powdered vertigris. Stir well and when partially cooled add 2 ounces of turpentine. Apply to the hoof about one inch down from the hair.
And thrush? Pack the hoof with oil meal mixed with some water and add either carbolic acid or powdered charcoal.
The thread that just keeps giving :)
Now has anyone figured out the formula for make your own Thrushbuster? Povidone Iodine, Gentian Violet, and what else in what proportions? I always found that the stuff worked, but it drove me crazy to pay up to $14 for a tiny bottle when I knew I had the ingredients around for dirt cheap, and just didn’t know the ratios.
You first have to identify the type of Thrush you are dealing with…No 2 horses usually have the same originating organism…It can be Bacterial, Fungal. or just plain environmental…That coupled with health and quality of foot, bedding, weather, and geographic location for me means I have several options to determine which way to treat problem and few of the over the counter generic Thrush Treatments will address every Thrush…
well will throw in my two-bob bits’ worth here. Am about to try magic cushion for sore soles and contracted mushy frogs. Soles are currently treated with a formaldehyde / iodine mix, and frogs with tea tree oil spray on antiseptic, gentian, permasol (condy’s crystals) and lamicil, with stall bedding comprised of woody pet. not sure whether the ‘thrush’ isn’t actually canker, but pressing the frog doesn’t elicit a flinch response. Curious to see if the magic cushion works…
I used durasole on some very mushy thrushy frogs and it was amazing how quickly they healed. I’d been using thrushbuster for weeks and then had tried tomorrow cream. The durasole did it.
I wanted to try DuraSole after reading some of the threads about it, but not possible to obtain here 
however new vet advised to try the formaldehyde / iodine mix to toughen up…was a bit worried at that - formaldehyde!!! but am really not seeing enough of an improvement in these boggy wet humid conditions that the weather is providing currently!
The older horse I ride has very contracted and often thrushy front feet. It’s a constant battle so love this thread.
Mine isn’t really old - only just turned 15. Intermittent lameness for 18 months and was due to be put down and we rescued. Very thin soles, under-run heels, came with 3 cankered hooves as well. Sorted out the canker but frogs on the front are a disaster. Took off the shoes, had him on decreasing bute, and using scoot boots for non stall time, but need to put him back on bute. Am also considering to go the shoe route because the climate here is extremely tough. Anaerobic bacteria heaven!
