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Shoeing Around the World

Here’s how footcare is being done in nearly a dozen other countries, including a look at the growing popularity of cold shoeing

When it comes to footcare work, there are probably more similarities than differences among top shoers from around the world.


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Everyone's A Winner In the Calgary Mail-In Exercise

You can earn valuable prizes and have your forging skills evaluated by world-renown blacksmithing experts without ever leaving the comfort of your home in the sixth annual Calgary Mail-In Forging Exercise, co-sponsored by the American Farriers Journal and the Calgary Stampede’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition.
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Farewell to the Nation's Farrier

Peter Cote steps down after 35 years of service helping “The Old Guard” keep Arlington’s traditions

A gray drizzle fell from Virginia skies in what could have been a somber reflection that marked the end of a legendary career.


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The Farrier's Life Is in Their Blood

Three generations of the Carpenter family enjoy the independence of shoeing for a living.
In the late 1930s, Glen Carpenter, a teenager who had left his Illinois home for a job as a stableboy in Kentucky, sat atop a horse named Whirlaway.
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Cushing's Vs. Laminitis

In horses suffering from both laminitis and Cushingʼs disease, abnormal distribution of fat is the most common clinical sign

When it comes to determining the most common cause of laminitis, a recently completed study at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine places equine Cushing’s disease right at the top of the list.


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