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What's This? Stumped

March 30, 2023 | Posted in Education, Shoeing
Decades ago, a horseshoe was hung on a limb of a small elm tree in Langlade County, Wis., and forgotten. As time passed, the shoe disappeared as the tree grew around it.
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Shop Talk: May/June 2018

May 12, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Education, Lamenesses, Safety & Healthcare
Legendary Farriers Start Pink Apron Charity Billy Crothers and Myron McLane have started the Pink Apron Charity to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Both farriers solidified the plans for the Pink Apron Charity at this year’s American Farrier’s Association (AFA) convention, which met in Reno, Nev.
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From the AFJ Archives: April 2018

July/August 1983
By Steve Kraus posted on April 7, 2018 | Posted in Anatomy, Business Practices, Disciplines & Breeds, Education, Equipment, Forging, Shoeing
1983 ARTICLE OVERVIEW Steve Kraus, head of Farrier Services and senior lecturer at Cornell University, originally wrote this article for the 1983 July/August issue of American Farriers Journal. As a private practice farrier in Trumansburg, N.Y., Kraus originally approached this subject with the intent to clarify the purpose of Scotch bottom shoes and share his method of creating this complicated type of shoe.
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New Cornell University Farrier Class Breaks Glass Ceiling

March 4, 2018 | Posted in Anatomy, Education, Forging, Shoeing
Source: Cornell Chronicle
Cornell University admitted three new students to its exclusive farrier program in January 2018, continuing an educational tradition that has been upheld for more than 100 years. However, this particular class differs from all others because, for the first time in the program’s history, the three students selected for the program are all women.
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Cornell's Equine Seminar Series presents "Understanding the Geometry of Shoeing the Hind End”

3/23/21 6:00 am EST
Virtual: Zoom Link
United States
Steve Kraus, Certified Journeyman Farrier and Head of Cornell's Farrier Services and training program, explains the geometrical effects of trimming and shoeing horses for improved performance and balance. Read More

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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

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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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Hoofcare Essentials Foundation Clinic

Date: 10/06/23
Location: Amarillo, TX

Well-Shod will host a Hoofcare Essentials Foundation Clinic from Oct. 6-7, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas. The clinicians are Dave Farley, CF, APF-I, and Roy Bloom, CJF, APF-I.

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