The two shoeing rigs carefully pulled up to the doors of the Iowa barn are a contrast in styles. One is a spartan, utilitarian trailer, carrying a minimum of shoeing tools. It’s dwarfed by the gooseneck trailer next to it, which is laden with power tools, filled shoe racks, multiple work stations and even a photo bulletin board.

This Week's Lineup:

• Vet-Farrier Partnerships
• Diamond Toe Horseshoe
• Solar Abscess
• Success as a Farrier
• Final Approach Podcast

With New World screwworms (NWS) making their way from Mexico into the U.S. in early June, farriers need to be taking precautions when working with horses housed in a quarantined area.

The Hoof-Care Roundtables are an important educational choice at each year’s International Hoof-Care Summit (IHCS). After these sessions, attendees walk away with ideas on how to more effectively solve a particular concern.

No national farrier organization has more than 8% of U.S. farriers as members.

This Week's Lineup:

• Applied Learning in Horseshoeing
• High Standards
• Unpacking Equine Diagnostics
• Traction on a Barrel Horse
• Toe Crack Resection