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Hosted by American Farriers Journal

Summit Countdown

January 21-24, 2025 | Kansas City, Missouri

One of the standout perks of attending the International Hoof-Care Summit is your exclusive access to the world's largest Hoof-Care Trade Show. You'll have the opportunity to explore the latest tools and products for 2025, watch live demonstrations and engage with the industry's top suppliers and manufacturers. The trade show floor is already 76% sold out and features a fantastic lineup of leading companies in the hoof-care industry. (NOTE: This 22nd annual edition of the International Hoof-Care Summit is the only national U.S. farrier conference and Trade Show event being held in 2025.)

There are over 70 exhibitors confirmed and more are booked each week! Here are the exhibitors you can expect to see at the 2025 Summit:

3D Hoofcare
3M
AAETT
AC Concepts
AFA
Anatomy of the Equine
Anvil Brand
Bassoli
Bellota
Badger Aprons
Bartek
California Farrier Supply 
Cronimet 
Crossroads FS
CRS
CS5
Daisy Bicking
Dechra
Double S
Doug Butler
Duplo Composite Horseshoes/Equine Hoof Solutions/Duplo Canada
EasyCare
EDSS
ELPO
EponaMind
Equestrian Bits
FPD

Farrier Science Clinic
GE Forge
Georgia FS/Kodiak
Glue-U
Grand Circuit
Handmade Shoes
Hawthorne
Hoof Cinch
Horse Science
IAPF
Inchimica
Ingraham
Kahn Forge 
Kauffman’s
Kawell
Ken Davis
Kevin Bacon
Keystone/RATE
Kombat Boots 
Life Data Labs
Lineage Metallurgical
Livingston Technologies 
Markel
MFC
Mighty Forge 
Mustad
Myron McLane
Nanric

Nature Farms
NE Farrier Supply
NC Tool
Noavel Headstall
Nordic Forge
Nutramax
Oleo Acres
Ollov
Ore Branch
P3 Equestrian
Promise Land Mfg.
Precision Canada 
Rafeh
Rusty Brown
Save Edge
Schwartz
Sound Horse
Stonewell 
Sunrise Farrier shop
Super Corp. Industry 
Triple Crown
Transworld 
Texas Farrier Supply
Victory
Visani
Well-Shod
Yoder 
Zoetis
Zorgen 

Amy Johnson
Client Services & Trade Show Coordinator
American Farriers Journal & International Hoof-Care Summit

Booth space gets booked weekly. Availability is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Red booths pictured above denote space already reserved. When you reserve your spot now, you’ll have the best chance of securing your preferred location on the Trade Show floor.

The Summit Trade Show runs Jan. 22-23, 2025. To secure your space, click on the "Reserve Your Booth" button below. For questions about your exhibitor contract application or other information, call Amy Johnson at 262-957-6552 or email ajohnson@lessitermedia.com.

Don't miss out on any further promotional inclusion for the 2025 Summit if being an Educational Partner interests you. There are three levels to choose from — Gold, Silver and Bronze.

There are also numerous a la carte sponsorship opportunities that might resonate at varying price points.

Registration is tracking 56% ahead of last year, and there's increasing buzz and excitement around the new Kansas City location.

Please give Michael Ellis a call at 262-777-2432 or email at mellis@lessitermedia.com for more details about this once-a-year opportunity. The sooner your company secures a spot, the more exposure you’ll receive throughout the entire promotional period leading up to the January event.

There are a limited number of Gold Educational Partner slots still available to maximize the impact to your business and the excitement surrounding the 2025 Summit.

Clinical trials showing clodronate (Osphos) can
reduce symptoms of pain in horses with navicular syndrome and in-vitro studies showing anti-inflammatory effects of clodronate have been investigated. In conjunction with therapeutic shoeing, clodronate has been used to increase the time of sound performance in equine athletes, as well as those recovering from laminitis and other foot-related lameness.

Dr. Ellen Staples of Dechra briefly discusses pharmacokinetics, safety and presents updated research to preclude several case-based discussions of the use of clodronate by an equine veterinary podiatrist.

You’ll learn: how clodronate can benefit your clients’ horses with navicular syndrome.

Coronitis refers to a variety of changes in the appearance of the coronary band. It is not a diagnosis, rather it’s defined as an inflammation of the coronary band. It is extremely challenging to resolve when combined with canker in horses. Frank Reilly, DVM, of Pennsylvania and Esco Buff, PhD, APF-I, CF, of Florida discuss both types of coronitis, their challenges and treatments.

You'll learn: how to recognize and effectively treat coronitis and coronitis associated with canker.

Of approximately 50 supply shops nominated in North America, Olympia Farrier Supply of Olympia, Wash., is honored as the inaugural Supply Shop of the Year.

Congratulations to the husband-and-wife team, Ken and Maxine Floyd, for this well-deserved recognition! They will be celebrated at the upcoming 2025 International Hoof-Care Summit.

Building off of her Summit presentations, Dr. Deb Bennett of the Equine Studies Institute, and Dr. Robert M. Timm, curator emeritus of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History in Lawrence, Kan., lead a private behind-the-scenes guided tour of the museum’s Mammals Division.

Attendees get an up-close view of the skeleton of Ethan Allen, America’s most famous horse from 1850-1875; see the Comanche exhibit dedicated to one of the few survivors of Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn; and explore various examples of equine hoof and bone pathologies.

This exclusive museum tour is open exclusively to 15 registered Summit attendees. Admission is $50. Attendees will need to arrange their own transportation to the museum.

In this VIP Hands-On Dissection Wet Lab, Paige Poss of Tucson, Ariz., leads a lively and informative discussion in which attendees inspect cadaver limbs before, during and after dissection. Admission is $169. Add your name to the wait list when you register.

International Horseshoeing Hall of Famer Mitch Taylor of the Kentucky Horseshoeing School presents a special, extended equine limb dissection featuring an interactive discussion of vital structures to improve your understanding of quality hoof care. Admission is $99.

California farrier Shane
Westman leads an exclusive hands-on wet lab to apply a novel sole-hoof wall immobilization technique for stabilizing P3 fractures. Admission is $199.