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All for Want of a Shoe: Lost Horseshoes Subject of Nine-Hour Irish Turf...
One of horse sports' great wild cards has always been the lost shoe. Some horses lose a shoe and stop in their tracks. Some keep running and jumping--even winning. Sometimes the shoe sparkles in the...
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Lost Shoes, Caught Shoes and Twisted Shoes: Drama on the Hoof
It happens. But it rarely happens when you are pointing a camera at a horse. This image begs the question: Did one of these horses lose the shoe a second before the photo was taken, or was the shoe...
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Badminton Horse Trials 2015: Instant Replay in the Farriers Prize for...
If you think you've heard this one before, stop me. But some things are worth repeating, and history has repeated itself. So have a farrier, a horse, a rider, an owner, and a judge at the world's...
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Hoofcare Confidential: American Pharoah’s Subtle Triple Crown Horseshoe by...
Suds stream down the hooves of American Pharoah's legs during a bath at Belmont Park last week. How can such an extraordinary horse run so brilliantly on ordinary horseshoes, you ask. Maybe they only...
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California Chrome’s Newmarket Souvenirs: Aluminum Bar Shoes with HammerHead...
Do racehorses have to go through customs and fill out those little declaration forms? If so, reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome had better think twice when he lands in Chicago on Tuesday,...
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Dave Duckett Downunder: Hoofcare Education and Farrier Competition in Australia
Special report from Australia by Betsy Lordan, DVM The Professional Farriers’ Association of New South Wales, Australia recently hosted farrier legend, Dave Duckett, FWCF for a series of educational...
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Kerckhaert Acquires Diamond Brand Tools and Horseshoes from Apex
Today Royal Kerckhaert Horseshoe Factory of The Netherlands, the world’s largest independent horseshoe manufacturer, announced that it had "acquired the Diamond® Farrier division of Apex Tool Group"....
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Shoeless Tahoe Warrior Scores Another Victory in His 102nd Start; Gelding Is...
Remember Tahoe Warrior? A lot of people do, because he's crossed a lot of paths in the last 12 years. The still-got-game Thoroughbred gelding chalked up his 19th career win on Thursday, in his 102nd...
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Silent Anvil: Red Renchin
Today the American Farrier's Association (AFA) and the American Association of Professional Farriers (AAPF) reported on their Facebook pages that popular farrier Red Renchin has died. There are no...
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AAEP Convention 2015 Podiatry Workshop Announcement
When they talk about hoofing it on the Vegas Strip, the AAEP wants to make sure it's done right. The 61st Convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is planned for December...
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Burghley Best Shod Horse: Who Won the Worshipful Company of Farriers Eventing...
New Zealand rider Tim Price and Ringwood Sky Boy are in fifth place after dressage at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England. But they have already won one event: the Worshipful Company of...
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The Last Set: Bob Agne, DVM, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital Podiatry...
If you live in New England and turned on the news today, you heard about a cyclist killed by a car on a Vermont road yesterday. You might not pay much attention, it's one of so many accidents that...
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Kiwi Farrier Finesse: What's Underneath the Burghley Horse Trials Best Shod...
When is a horseshoe more than a horseshoe? When this much work goes into it. This shoe looks like other British-style shoes nailed onto event horses, but it was specially crafted for the winner of the...
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Rolex Grand Slam Hoofcare: Hello Sanctos Made History on These Hooves!
This horse and rider attempted to do something no other horse and rider had even come close to doing: win the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping. And they did it. Was there a hoof angle to the story of...
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Scotland Wins 36th International Team Farrier Competition at Stoneleigh
It takes teamwork, as well as superb skill, to shoe horses all day in the world's stiffest team competition and emerge the winners. But the Scottish team did that this weekend at the 36th International...
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Feet First in Vegas: Three Hoof Seminars Precede December's AAEP Convention...
The dates: 61st Annual AAEP Convention December 5-9 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo December 3-12 Unafiliated hoof education events will run from December 3-5 and are described with videos and...
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In wake of breakdowns, Keeneland issues results of track surface review
Keeneland has the unique perspective of being able to compare racing statistics over two different surfaces in recent years. Here, a horse trains on the Polytrack surface, which was removed in the...
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Education Update with Michael Wildenstein at 10th Annual Equine Clinic at...
Date: October 22-23, 2015 (Thursday and Friday) Time: 8AM - 5PM Clinician: Consulting/referral farrier Michael Wildenstein, FWCF (Hons) Location: The Equine Clinic at Oakencroft, 880 Bridge St. Ravena,...
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For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow: Sarah Brown Passes Britain’s Highest Farrier...
Scotland's Sarah Mary Brown joined the small rank of farriers worldwide who have earned the right to add the letters "FWCF" after their names. This means that they have been through all the...
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Will Golden Horn Make History at the Breeders Cup? Meet His Farrier, Ed...
Newmarket, England farrier Ed O'Shaughnessy looks like he's about to share a bottle of champagne with his #1 customer, champion three-year-old Thoroughbred Golden Horn, trained by Ed's client, John...
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American Pharoah Wore Custom Heel Plate Horseshoe in Breeders Cup
<!-- Microdata markup added by Google Structured Data Markup Helper. --> In an interview today from the Breeders Cup at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky, Santa Anita horseshoer Wesley...
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Hooves@War Veterans Day Salute: Farrier Heroes 100 Years Ago at a Place...
This lithograph by Howard K. Elcock depicts Provisional Farrier Sergeant T. Cussens of the Army Service Corps rescuing horses from a stable at Ypres during a shell attack. He received the Distinguished...
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Worshipful Company of Farriers Awards "Best Shod Horse" Title at Britain's...
Carl Bettison AWCF (Hons) judging a hunter during the Worshipful Company of Farrier's Best Shod Horse evaluation at Great Britain's year-end Horse of the Year Show last month. (photo used with...
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Farrier Charity: Brandenburg Gate of Horseshoes Earns Guinness World Record...
Yes, the narration in German; you can turn off the audio and just watch! Thanks to Maik Feldman for this video. "We make iron glow, and it makes children's eyes light up." A farrier group in Northern...
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Palm Beach Equine Clinic Welcomes Dr. Stephen O’Grady for Consultation...
Palm Beach Equine Clinic (PBEC) in Wellington, Florida shared the news last week that equine podiatry consultant Stephen E. O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS, will join its forces this winter. PBEC introduced Dr....
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