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Solid Standardbred Shoeing Strategies

A master among American trotting trainers offers valuable shoeing ideas based on what he’s learned in more than 50 years of harness racing experience
July 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing
Source: Hoof Beats

Howard Beissinger started training his own stable of Standardbreds after World War II.


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Dr. Hiltrude Strasser

Hoof-Care Theory? Or Dogma?

German veterinarian Hiltrude Strasser shares her controversial hoof-care theories at Tufts University seminar
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing
Contrary to what some may have expected, farriers did not try to crucify Hiltrude Strasser with horseshoeing nails during an early May seminar at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Chuck Wagon

Shoeing The Chucks

Chuck wagon horses are shod for speed, but best of all, owners store an inventory of $11,000 worth of shoes and nails for this veteran farrier
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2002 | Posted in Education, Shoeing

When Harold Chapin needs shoes or nails for any of the more than 150 chuck wagon horses that he shoes, he doesn’t walk out to his pickup truck to get them.


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Danny Ward
Modifying Keg Shoes

Round Nails And Not-So-Round Holes

When you change a keg shoe, you need to pay attention to the nail holes as well
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing

When you start banging on a horseshoe, you’re also banging on its nail holes — and if the horseshoe changes shape, so will the holes.


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Shoeing for a Living

Good, Solid Shoeing in the Summer Heat

Michigan farrier finds sticking to the basics helps him build a successful shoeing practice
By Pat Tearney posted on May 1, 2002 | Posted in Business Practices, Shoeing
It's early, but one of Bill Ruh’s customers has apparently decided she’s stood quietly long enough. The farrier shakes his head as he describes her quick gallop toward freedom, across a west central Michigan bean field, in the general direction of nearby Grand Rapids.
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Getting A Grip For Safety

Heel extensions and traction devices are latest step for your shoe board
By Chris Gregory posted on January 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing
This is our fourth shoe for the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) Certified Farrier shoe display. There are five modifications left to complete the project. Here, we’ll deal with three of them, two traction devices and extended heels.
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Shoeing For A Living

The Shoer Goes to School

Ohio farrier Bobby Menker and the University of Findlay Equine Program enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing
The typical Ohio college student doesn't go to class wearing cowboy boots and spurs. But then the students in the Equine Program at the University of Findlay aren't typical college students.
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Shoeing For A Living

If It's Monday, This Must Be Indiana

Hoosier-state farrier also shoes horses in Ohio and Michigan
By Pat Tearney posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
It's a gorgeous autumn morning in October as Tim Tritch and I climb aboard his shoeing rig in Angola, Ind., in the extreme northeastern corner of the Hoosier state.
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