American Farrier's Association

The Way it Was

Saint Who?

By David Hazlett CJF posted on October 23, 2025 | Posted in Shoeing

For the first few years of my career, there weren’t nearly the variety of choices we have today when it came to manufactured shoes. When a new company came on the market offering Made In America shoes and what I thought was a superior rim shoe design, I was anxious to give them a try. The company was St. Croix Forge.

This Week

Hoof-Care Highlights: Oct. 4, 2025

By Maclaren Krueger posted on October 4, 2025

This Week's Lineup:

Learning Something New
Case of the Month
Founding the SFA
Working with the New Generation
Inner Look at Abscess & Laminitis

In Memoriam

Hall of Fame Farrier Ray Legel Passes Away

Horseshoer & writer was co-founder of the Iowa Professional Farriers Association

By American Farriers Journal Staff posted on July 29, 2025 | Posted in Shoeing

Source: Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home

International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame member Ray Legel passed away Saturday, July 26, 2025, at his Waverly, Iowa, home. He was 77.

Foot Notes

What If American Farriers Journal Didn't Exist?

By Jeff Cota posted on April 16, 2025 | Posted in Education

After a day of shoeing, Henry Heymering huddled at his kitchen table in early 1975 putting together the first issue of American Farriers Journal.

AFA Launches Race Plater Certification

By Maclaren Krueger posted on February 12, 2025 | Posted in Education

The American Farrier’s Association (AFA) debuted the Certified Race Plater (CRP) exam at a recent Texas Professional Farriers Association (TPFA) certification.

Terms of Service

By Maclaren Krueger posted on December 18, 2024 | Posted in Shoeing

How do you establish boundaries with clients? Share your terms of service so farriers can pick and choose the elements that work best for them.

Foot Notes

Iron Sharpens Iron in the Scenic City

By Jeff Cota posted on December 18, 2024 | Posted in Shoeing

The company one keeps is often a reflection of one’s character. Solomon, renowned for his wisdom during his reign of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, strongly believed in that philosophy.

This Week

Hoof-Care Highlights: Dec. 14, 2024

By American Farriers Journal Staff posted on December 14, 2024

This Week: Hoof-care professionals across the country and the ocean are sharing what they know with others in the industry through social media, webinars and videos. Here are a few of our favorites. Hoof-Care Highlights is brought to you by Kawell USA.

Educating the Next Generation of Rising Shoeing Stars

Checking in with 2014 Rising Shoeing Star Diego Almeida

By Maclaren Krueger posted on November 25, 2024 | Posted in Education

Check in with 2014 Rising Shoeing Star Diego Almeida — program director for the Montana State University Farrier School — who says teaching makes him a better farrier.