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Many Benefits For Glue-On Shoes

Glue-on shoe experts come together to share the secrets of their success
By Red Renchin posted on March 1, 2014 | Posted in Equipment
One of the many controversial topics in farriery remains gluing on horseshoes. There are farriers who have reasons for not using them.
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Patching Cracks, Gluing Shoes

Racetrack farrier Ian McKinlay has built a solid reputation for having the answers for tackling cracks, wall separations and thin hoof walls
By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in Shoeing
Ian McKinlay's shoeing rig is different than what you'll find being used by most farriers. First, the rig used by the South Amboy, N.J., blacksmith is a 2008 Lincoln Continental Town Car.
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Briefings

May 1, 2010 | Posted in Education
With any horse that Ian McKinlay encounters that shows front-end lameness where the feet are questionable, the South Amboy, N.J., farrier immediately performs several simple tests. He evaluates the horse as it walks from a soft surface onto a hard surface.
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Integrating Digital Photography with your Work

Affordable and compact, digital cameras are helping farriers document their work and adjust their approach to business
By Jeremy McGovern posted on April 1, 2009 | Posted in Equipment
Using cameras to catalog your work isn't a new idea to farriery. Until recently, many shoers would use a 35 mm film camera to document horses' feet. In those days, one would shoot pictures, turn in the film at a developer and, a few days later when the pictures were ready, collect the photos and hope they turned out OK.
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Softening The Blow

Ian McKinlay’s unusual shoe-rim pad combination targets problem of heel concussion
By Pat Tearney posted on April 1, 2008 | Posted in Shoeing

During his career as a racetrack blacksmith, Ian McKinlay of South Amboy, N.J., had little doubt of what was his biggest enemy — concussion; particularly heel concussion.


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