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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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Nation's Farrier

Nation's Farrier

Pete Cote shoes the horses that pull the full-honor funeral caissons at Arlington Cemetery, is the official farrier for Presidential inaugurations and shoes the only horses owned and maintained by the federal government
By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
Pete Cote was a farrier before the U.S. Army made him one of its own, but little did he know the Army and horseshoeing would both be a major part of his life for the last 30 years.
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