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Going the Distance With Endurance Horses

Understanding the horse’s conformation and the inconsistent terrain it will be racing on will keep these equine athletes going strong
By Jeff Cota posted on September 1, 2014 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
Moving targets are nothing new to seasoned farriers. Many, if not most, try to apply a shoe on one every day. Yet, those who care for the feet of endurance horses might be considered sharpshooters while trying to keep these athletes competing.
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Building a Plain, Yet Not So Simple Shoe

Five-time American Farriers Team member details how to make a shoe that is the foundation of all others
By Jeff Cota posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Forging
Learning the alphabet is the foundation of a child's ability to read and write. The plain-stamped horseshoe serves the same role for farriers learning how to forge.
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Four Ways Shoeing Rigs Can Improve Your Efficiency

Organization, lighter units and, yes, coffee makers can save you time and money
By Jeff Cota posted on May 1, 2014 | Posted in Equipment
It's been said that efficiency is intelligent laziness. While shoeing eight horses a day hardly is considered a leisurely workday, there's something to be said about an economy of movement at the shoeing rig.
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Hoof Care

Don't Forget the Basics When Shoeing Sport Horses

Avoid the traps of accessories by focusing on the needs of the athlete
By Jeff Cota posted on April 1, 2014 | Posted in Shoeing
We can learn a lot from babies. They learn to crawl before walking. Oh sure, once they start walking they're in a hurry to start running. It's only human nature. We're an impatient lot. It's an urge that farriers no doubt find themselves struggling with from time to time.
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A Cowboy and a Gentleman

Hall Of Famer Bob Walters sets his “bedroll at the Good Lord’s chuck wagon”
By Jeff Cota posted on March 1, 2014 | Posted in Education

Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw once said, “A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”

He must have been talking about Bob Walters.

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