I nailed on my first set of horseshoes 60 years ago when I was 15 in 1964. It was on a kind gelding named Maverick at the summer horse camp that I attended.
After equestrian Laura Kraut made history as the oldest U.S. Olympic medalist in 72 years, editor Frank Lessiter recalls first meeting Kraut at the 1992 U.S. Olympic trials, Hall of Fame farrier Seamus Brady and the importance of charging clients what you're worth.
A piece of Irish farriery history is on the market. Boyne’s Forge, one of Dublin’s last remaining blacksmith forges, is on the real estate market with a €350,000 (approximately $391,515) price tag, according to the Independent.
The saying of ‘No hoof, No horse’ is a phrase often used in the horse world and based on the reasoning that, farriers, as the custodian of the foot, quite literally hold the success, or the lack thereof, of the performance horse in their hands.
Sonny Pistilli has been shoeing horses since 1967. As you'd expect, he's seen a lot of clubfooted horses during that time. But for the last couple of years, he's been dealing with a horse that presents the biggest clubfoot challenge he's ever faced.
While working on this 35th Anniversary issue of American Farriers Journal, I've been paging through back issues. At times I can almost feel the heat of the forges and hear the distant echo of hammer ringing on steel.
Seamus Brady, the official farrier for the U.S. Equestrian Team for many years, passed away on July 27 at the age of 77. A member of the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame, Brady immigrated to the United States more than 50 years ago and became one of the most respected farriers in the world.
It was American author Elbert Hubbard (1856-1815) who said, “One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”
The horseshoeing business certainly owes a tremendous amount of gratitude to this year’s three inductees into the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame.
With a 15-inch-long beard that’s been growing for 15 years, New Jersey farrier Frank Bevacqua has been selected as the American Farriers Journal “2025 Farrier Beard of the Year” winner.
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