International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame members Jack Miller, left, and Bob Peacock.

Editor’s Note: American Farriers Journal is celebrating its 50th anniversary and we’re reflecting on the relationships and partnerships we’ve forged, the milestones and the lessons we’ve learned along the way. In the famed Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” protagonist George Bailey gets to see, via a dramatic intervention by an angel named Clarence Oddbody, what the world might have been like had he never been born. Phyllis Peacock, president of Farrier Science Clinic in Hamilton, Ohio, and wife of the late Hall of Fame farrier Bob Peacock, shares the impact AFJ has had on their lives and careers.

American Farriers Journal offered activities and advertising at different levels for any size business. It was a good place to connect farriers, veterinarians and businesses in the industry.

Farrier Science Clinic would not have had the success if it were not for AFJ. Everyone at Lessiter Media, publisher of AFJ, was kind and easy to work with. We loved Alice Musser, AFJ’s advertising sales representative, and all she did for the industry.