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The Z-Bar Factor

Unusual shoe fits the ticket when you need to get the weight off one side of a badly injured hoof
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2004 | Posted in Forging, Trimming

THE Z-BAR IS an interesting shoe to apply to a horse’s foot and can be extremely effective in the right circumstances.


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Building A User-Friendly Hospital Plate

By Chris Gregory posted on September 1, 2003 | Posted in Forging, Therapeutic Shoeing
ANYTIME THE SENSITIVE structures on the bottom of the horse’s foot are exposed, it is a good idea to protect them. There are various ways to protect the foot, including bandages and pads, however almost every farrier will encounter a time when the hospital plate is the ideal method.
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Practice Makes The Shoe Fit

By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2003 | Posted in Forging
If you are reading this magazine, there’s a good chance you are interested in improving your skills as a farrier. This article is designed to help you do just that.
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Winning The Mental Game

Missouri farrier says lessons learned through competition pay off in the stress of certification exams and daily shoeing
By Chris Gregory posted on March 1, 2003 | Posted in Education
I have done a lot of thinking over the last few years about the relationship between competition shoeing and the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) certification program.
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Where There's Smoke, There's Hot Fitting

The how and why of “burning” a shoe onto a foot
By Chris Gregory posted on March 1, 2003 | Posted in Shoeing
Just because you shape your shoes hot doesn’t mean you have to hot fit, of course. You can always let a hot shoe cool in the air or quench it in a bucket of water before you fit it to the horse — and there are times when you should do just that.
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Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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