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Shoeing Feedlot Horses

Four veteran shoers share what they’ve learned about this challenging type of work
By Heather Smith Thomas posted on May 1, 2005 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Shoeing
Shoeing feedlot horses can be more challenging than shoeing racehorses, show horses or trail horses. Most feedlot horses work constantly, in some of the worst conditions imaginable. Here's some advice from four experienced shoers on what you can expect in shoeing feedlot horses and the importance of different environmental and weather conditions.
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Horse Owners Welcome

"Horseman's Day" helps bring record-breaking crowd to AFA convention in Chattanooga
By Pat Tearney posted on May 1, 2005 | Posted in Clients, Disciplines & Breeds

Dedicating a portion of the American Farrier’s Association convention to horse owners was apparently a good move, as record-breaking numbers attended the event in Chattanooga, Tenn., during late February.


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Signing Up for the Draft

Savannah farrier finds his weekly day with draft horses challenging and rewarding
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2004 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
Dark clouds hang low over the Savannah River as Steve Prescott sets up his shoeing rig just outside the doors of the old stable that houses the horses and equipment of the Plantation Carriage Company on the outskirts of the picturesque city of Savannah, Ga.
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Farrier Earns His Stripes

Racetrack shoer shares special tricks of shoeing Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo’s zebras
By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2003 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
Racetrack farriers expect to deal with a certain number of temperamental animals. But Joe Trhlik has dealt with some that literally belong in a zoo.
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Shoeing The Paso Fino

An easy breed to trim and shoe, these horses have a quiet disposition
By David Fryer posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Shoeing
To properly understand the specific farrier techniques that are needed for a particular breed of horse, it always helps to learn as much about any breed as possible. Knowing how, where and why the animal was bred, what the owner’s expectations are of the breed and what owners are looking for in farrier work are important assets to obtaining this shoeing work.
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Meet The Horseshoe Inspector!

The Tournament of Roses Parade learned the hard way that traction devices are a necessity
By Katherine Meitner posted on December 1, 1999 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
IT'S 3 A.M. on New Year's Day. While the rest of Pasadena, Calif., sleeps, the hustle and bustle of numerous equestrians and 300 horses, ponies and mules gather underneath a closed-off lower level of the freeway preparing for the 5-mile trek down the Tournament of Roses Parade route.
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