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Shoeing to Win, Memoir of a Master Farrier and Blacksmith ­

By Leonard Crotts
By Bob Smith posted on April 4, 2022 | Posted in Education

Imagine walking into an old country store and there is a guy sitting around a pot-bellied stove. He looks up and says, “Hello! You must be new here. Whatcha do for a living, son? Horseshoeing? Well son, have a seat and lemme tell ya about horses, horseshoeing and blacksmithing!” This is the essence of Leonard Crotts’ book, Shoeing to Win, Memoir of a Master Farrier and Blacksmith.


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Booknotes: Recollections From 202 Years Of Family Shoeing

Sparks From The Smiddy, The Life Of A World Champion Farrier By David Wilson as told to Andrew Arbuckle
By Frank Lessiter posted on November 30, 2015 | Posted in Education, Forging
More than 25 years ago, during a visit with David Wilson in Scotland, he took me to see the blacksmith shop and attached house that six generations of his family had called home. Located in the sleepy little hamlet of Kilmany, the homestead is just a few kilometers from the world-famous old St. Andrews Links where golf got its start in 1552.
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Keep It Nearby for Easy Reference

July 1, 2004 | Posted in Education

WHEN YOU LOOK through your horseshoeing library, you are bound to find some guides to various hoof problems: maybe something lighter in the way of personal farrier accounts, and definitely a number of textbooks that you will never throw away. Mike W. Ross and Sue J. Dyson have recently published the latest textbook that needs to find a home on your bookshelf — Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse.


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Filling In The Gaps In The Nutritional Void

Equine Supplements & Nutraceuticals: A Guide To Peak Health & Performance Through Nutrition
By Eleanor Kellon VMD posted on March 1, 2002 | Posted in Nutrition
Eleanor M. Kellon helps farriers, horse owners and trainers take some of the guesswork out of equine nutrition with this book that should be of particular interest to anyone involved with performance horses.
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New edition offers Lessons on lameness
By James R. Rooney posted on May 1, 2001 | Posted in Lamenesses
Dealing with lame horses is a prime function of the farrier's trade, so is the revised and expanded edition of The Lame Horse should by of interest to the farrier community.
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Dispel The Myths Surrounding Laminitis

Allen Photographic Guides—All About Laminitis
January 1, 2001 | Posted in Education, Diseases
Source: Karen Coumbe
Most people know at least one horse or pony that has suffered from laminitis. It’s an all too common condition causing much pain and suffering and there are many myths associated with it.
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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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