The state recognizes the company for its success in exporting strategies.

The scenario can begin in different ways. One involves you pulling the shoes, trimming the feet and noticing a small cavity just inside the white line. Picking up a nail, you give it a scratch and a powder-like substance comes out. More scratching leaves you part way up the hoof wall. Another involves having a horse with hoof walls separating in the most distal part of the foot. While probing the separation, you discover that not only is it separated at the bottom, it goes much higher.

We've heard many great stories about valuable mentors farriers have had throughout their careers. Who are the influential mentor(s) in your shoeing career and why?

Burney Chapman makes his case back in 1997 why heel springs should't be used on base-narrow horses.

In the 35 years since the first issue of American Farriers Journal was published, there have been many advances in farriery and hoof care.