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Tufts Delves Into Drafts

Tightly focused event delivers big on big horses
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2004 | Posted in Education
If you wanted to know more about shoeing draft horses or other large breeds and weren't in attendance at a recent seminar held at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton, Mass., you missed a great opportunity.
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Tom and Jerry
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Signing Up for the Draft

Savannah farrier finds his weekly day with draft horses challenging and rewarding
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2004 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds
Dark clouds hang low over the Savannah River as Steve Prescott sets up his shoeing rig just outside the doors of the old stable that houses the horses and equipment of the Plantation Carriage Company on the outskirts of the picturesque city of Savannah, Ga.
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Online With The Farrier's Forum

July 1, 2003 | Posted in Education
Years ago I worked for an outfit that was a horse-drawn theatre company. They bred their own Clydesdales for lots of road work and all we used were the Flex-Step shoes. I took over the shoeing duties from two friends of mine who had worked out most of the bugs with using Flex-Steps.
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Carl Hayden and Sean Matousek
Shoeing For A Living

Keeping Hunter Jumper Show Horses Ready To Compete

New Hampshire farrier finds keeping these high-end horses healthy takes care and patience
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2002 | Posted in Shoeing
Farrier Carl Hayden lives a few hundred yards down a winding road from the picture-postcard New Hampshire village of Kensington, just a stone’s throw from the Massachusetts’s border.
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Briefings

September 1, 2001 | Posted in Education
Subtle lamenesses overlooked during routine examinations may be spotted with a new pressure-sensing system being developed at the University of California-Davis. Flexible pressure-sensitive plates measure treadmill pressure patterns when attached to the bottom of each hoof.
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Now The Horses Come To Me

January 1, 2000 | Posted in Business Practices, Trimming
Source: Eric Sacharski, Associate Editor
TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS of service to the farrier industry, the American Farriers Journal staff spent several months poring over past issues looking for all of the ways the industry has changed during our publication’s existence.
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