When Clips are Needed on Shoes

Side or quarter clips are used on 38% of the horses shod by part-time farriers. Toe clips are used with 15% of the horses, leaving 47% of the horses shod without clips.

Among part-time farriers, 95% use keg shoes clipped by the manufacturer, 41% modify already clipped shoes, 97% draw clips on keg shoes, and 92% forge their own shoes and add clips.

— 2020 American Farriers Journal Business Practices survey

Men Vs. Women Footcare Professionals

Some 83% of full-time farriers are men while 76% of part-time farriers are men.

— 2020 American Farriers Journal Business Practices survey