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Three Powerful Summit Presentations You Don’t Want To Miss!

Outstanding footcare professionals will deliver the latest ideas on critical topics at the 6th International Hoof-Care Summit
Built around an exciting theme of "Expanding Your Hoof-Care Horizons," February's 6th annual International Hoof-Care Summit will send you home with the latest tips, tricks and techniques from 49 outstanding farriers, equine veterinarians and hoof researchers to help you improve the quality of your work and business efficiencies in 2009.
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Rising Star

"Rising Shoeing Stars" to be Recognized

This program will honor outstanding students who are earning a living as farriers 3 years after graduation from one of North America’s more than 60 public and private horseshoeing schools
Six leading farrier industry suppliers and American Farriers Journal are co-sponsoring a new recognition program designed to promote the importance of further horseshoeing education while encouraging young shoers to be successful in their careers.
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Soring

Serious Challenges To Ending Soring

It will take a large amount of additional dollars and more industry and government intervention to solve today’s pressure shoeing and soring concerns

While soring has been banned for 38 years under the government’s Horse Protection Act (HPA), Donna Benefield maintains there’s been a lack of desire to bring about needed change.


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Mustad Scholars Named

Six earn grants from funds raised during 2008 AFA?Convention
Mustad Hoofcare Center has announced the six recipients of its scholarship essay contest for farrier students. Recipients were given a $750 scholarship to help offset the costs of their farrier education.
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Soring

Pressure Mounts To End Soring

Some members of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry maintain only a few bad apples are involved, but for others, soring is still a major concern
Many in the Tennessee Walking Horse (TWH) industry maintain less soring and pressure shoeing is taking place than in the past. Others aren’t so sure, citing evidence that indicates that the banned practices are still all too common among high-level horses.
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Briefings

Several states have already passed new racing regulations — with others soon to follow — that will prohibit the use of horseshoes with toe grabs that are over 2 millimeters in height on the front feet. In mid-June, The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred safety committee...


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Differing Views on Certification

Several AFA members took issue with an article by a school owner and responses from readers regarding the farrier education process

Several AFA members took issue with an article by a school owner and responses from readers regarding the farrier education process


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