Are black hooves stronger than white hooves? John Dollar documents in The Handbook of Horse-Shoeing, published in 1898, that hoof color is a critical indicator of durability and strength. The late Doug Leach refutes the anecdotal observations in a September 1981 article in American Farriers Journal.
In the late 1970s, Rich Albrecht, APF-I, and his wife bought land to build a house and barn. While walking the property, Albrecht approached the small stream that ran through it and noticed a horseshoe in the water.
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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to apply data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to HISA’s data with the goal of enhancing equine safety by analyzing the factors contributing to equine injuries and informing potential interventions to further reduce them moving forward, according to a news release from HISA.
There are many things to consider before turning the horses back out into the pasture, as a killing frost is a frost that is severe enough to end the entire growing season.
Among attendees at a previous International Hoof-Care Summit, Dallas Risser was lucky enough to have his name drawn to spend a “ride-along” trimming, shoeing and forging day with veteran Vermont farrier Mike Wildenstein.
American Farriers Journal established the Rising Shoeing Star award program in 2008. This program recognizes farriers making incredible progress in their first 3 years after farrier school.
Oleo Acres Farrier and Blacksmith Supply owner Rob Michel walks viewers through the Littleton, Colo., warehouse. Inventory is organized with the customer in mind. If the product is in stock and easy to find, farriers can spend more time under a horse, which Michel says is more money in your pocket.
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