After nearly 10 years, a major farrier competition has returned to greater Calgary thanks to Spruce Meadows and the World Championships Blacksmiths. You can see the shoe list and prize money for this international competition.
Winning the American Farriers Journal Most Improved Award in World Championship Blacksmiths isn’t always about the numbers. John Sagaria, 2019’s winner, talks about the steps he took toward improving his skills at the forge.
The struggling Berkshire Museum was recently given approval to sell paintings from its collection in order to keep its doors open. The approval was granted by Supreme Judicial Court Justice David Lowy.
The Pennsylvania National Horse Show announced its partnership with Footing First LLC for providing international competition quality footing for the Equine Arena (schooling ring) for the 2018 competition.
“I own my business — it doesn’t own me.”
Kurt Fisk lives by this maxim. The Bend, Ore., farrier has found that he’s much happier and successful in his hoof-care practice as a result.
At the August clinic held at Anvil Brand in Lexington, Ill., American Farriers Team members Bryan Osborne and Bodie Trnka did a live shoeing, followed by working on shoe building and modifications.
After participating in this year’s Calgary Stampede Blacksmith Classic, Chad Lausen of Strathmore, Alberta, discussed the unique experience of competition.
The American Farrier’s Association (AFA) posted the rules and details for their National Forging & Horseshoeing Competition, including the list of shoes that competitors must forge.
Rich Lomen and Nate Stener need a warm, dry, efficient farrier rig to shoe 550 sport horses in frigid Minnesota. Their solution is a Dodge Ram 2500 ProMaster outfitted by Bay Horse Innovations.
The Oklahoma Farriers Association will hold an American Farrier’s Association pre-certification clinic from March 27-31, 2023, in Minco, Okla. The instructors are Mark Thorkildson, CJF, AWCF, and Dusty Franklin, CJF, AWCF, ASF.
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