Shoeing for a Living

A Shoeing Team
Shoeing for a Living

A Shoeing Team for a Riding Team

Virginia farriers provide the footwork for college’s championship equestrians

The air is cool in the Appalachian Mountains on this late May Virginia morning, but the weather has been dry and there’s a promise of higher temperatures later in the day. Farrier J.C. Maloyed and his partner, Travis Thompson, are eager to get their day of “Shoeing For A Living” started — hoping to get the majority of their horses done before the day gets too uncomfortable.


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Shoeing for a Living

'I'm Living My Dream'

North Carolina shoer living the life he's wanted since the fourth grade
How many of us are lucky enough to be doing exactly what we’ve wanted to do since we were kids?
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Andrew Varela
Shoeing for a Living

Sweating the Little Things

Attention to detail is the trademark of New Mexico shoer
Andrew Varela is starting a little later than he normally does and his day of “Shoeing For A Living” will be a light one, limited to working on horses at just one stop.
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Shoeing for a Living

Shoeing Under the Big Sky

Montana guest ranch gets its horses shod while also helping educate future farriers
The month of May is drawing to a close and spring has come to the Montana mountain country — and it’s easy to see where the state got its Big Sky Country nickname.
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Bill Poor & Paul Simms
Shoeing for a Living

A Lone Star Shoeing Storm

Five Texas farriers demonstrate how teamwork, camaraderie and efficiency pay off in their hoof-care work
The day is already warming up as Bill Poor and Nick Hannan leave a Denny's restaurant just a few miles from the George H.W. Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas, where they've stopped for breakfast and get ready to head out to start their day shoeing horses.
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Shoeing for a Living

Farriery Farm Aid

Nebraska's Gregg Kremer started shoeing to try and save the family homestead
A few years back, Gregg Kremer was right in the middle of an unfortunate continuing economic story — and he wasn't enjoying it much.
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Off The Beaten Career Path

North Carolina farrier gave up a career with a major manufacturer to do what he loves
North Carolina farrier Jeff Pauley is a man who’s willing to give up the safe and secure and take a chance. He’s also someone who’s willing to make sacrifices to achieve a goal he’s focused on.
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