Kasie Kirby

I had used a wonderful farrier, Pat Harmon, for many years. One day he brought along this cute little "girl" to apprentice with him. Kasie Kirby had attended the Oklahoma Horseshoeing School and wanted to learn from the best. So, Pat spent a lot of time teaching her about how to properly balance a horse and gave her opportunities to work on difficult cases.

When Pat was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer 3 years ago, I asked him who I should use for a farrier — it was going to be hard to find someone who I could trust as much as I did Pat. But he said, without hesitation, to use Kasie; that she was good and smart. I have used her ever since, and could not be more pleased with the job that she has done.

My horses are balanced and sound, and I attribute that to her. One of my boarders has a foundered horse, and I was a little concerned about using Kasie, just because she had only been a farrier for about three years. But after a year of her shoeing Jazz (the horse in the pictures), we decided to have the vet do some x-rays — just to make sure she was on the right track. And I have to say, she impressed me even more (as well as my vet) — the x-rays showed that the angles were perfect, and that she was doing everything exactly as it should be done. I feel very lucky to have found her, and hope that she will continue to shoe my, and my boarders’, horses for years to come.

— Barbara Stoltz