Horse hoof cleaning tool

A combination tool for performing all operations necessary to clean and care for a horse's hoofs including manually picking, scraping, and brushing the horse's hoofs comprising:

• an elongated, narrow, generally open-centered rigid body, said body having an upper portion, a lower portion, a first end, a mid portion, and a second end, said body lower portion including undulations for receiving the fingers of a user, said first end including first and second protrusions lying in the plane of the body, and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said body said first protrusion being substantially conical in shape tapering toward the protruding end to a rounded point, said first protrusion including first and second flatened portions on opposing sides of said first protrusion, said flatened portions lying and facing in the plane of the body, said second protrusion being substantially trapazoidal in shape, with the outer protruding end being wider than the inner portion, said second protrusion having flatened edge portions on opposing edges of said second protrusion which lay in the plane of the body, said second protrusion having flatened side portions on opposing sides of said second protrusion which are generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said body tapering toward the protruding end to a relatively sharp straight straper edge;
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• a brush having a plurality of bristols, said brush being attached to said second end of said body said bristols of said brush extending in a direction in the plane of said body, whereby said tool first protrusion is useful for dislodging clay or mud from the interior of a horse's hoof, said second protrusion can be used for scraping mud and dirt from the outer areas of the horse's hoof, and the brush can be used for cleaning the horse's hoof.