California farrier James Jiminez, who has shod notable racehorses like I'll Have Another and Lava Man, covers working with Thoroughbred racehorses and certain issues with their feet that are found among other horses.

A school for horseshoeing and blacksmithing has some special guests for the next few weeks. Soldiers from the Honor Guard stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas are attending Shurshod Horse Shoeing School in Grovespring. They're learning skills to help the Honor Guard maintain its own horses. Sergeant Christopher Frost has been to Iraq and Specialist Cody Abshire to Afghanistan. They'll be riding in the inaugural parade this year and need to learn how to care for the horses.

As part of our research on using aluminum shoes for an article in the December 2012 issue of American Farriers Journal, we asked AFJ Facebook friends to share their advice for fitting and using aluminum shoes. Here's a sample of the responses.

The 70 shoers attending an early November clinic at Nature Farms Farrier Supply in Norman, Okla., went home with some great ideas to enhance their trimming and shoeing work. Six members of the American Association of Professional Farriers board of directors spoke at the Hoofcare Essentials Clinic.

Denver Colorado Zoo's Steve Foxworth discusses trimming exotic animals, as well as a specific case he is dealing with in a Kudu.