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Ernst Family Serves 100 Years As Official Kentucky State Fair Farrier
Since the Kentucky State Fair’s world championship horse show started in 1903, nobody but a member of the Ernst family has served as the official show farrier.
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It All Came from Trying to Save $35

Ozarks-area shoer’s career began as a simple way of saving a few bucks
Jamey Carsel does his shoeing on the fringe of the Ozarks Mountains, in the area where four states — Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma — come together.
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The Right Shoe

Peekaboo Vs. Hospital Plates

Consider two options for bruise protection or easier hoof medication

AT TIMES, there are good reasons for using a plate to cover the sole area of a horse’s foot. It may be to protect a bruised sole or frog or for keeping medication in the proper place.


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The Right Shoe

Still Another Option With Bar Shoes

Here's an easy solution when ready-made bar shoes aren't just right
A bar shoe is one of the most basic of all shoes for the treatment of hoof ailments and lameness. And we know that a horse needs to be shod if it is to be placed into any type of regular service.
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One Time Shoeing

One-Time Shoeing!

As a small portion of his track shoeing business, this Breeders’ Cup farrier often handles one-time work on foreign stakes horses who he’s never seen before

WHEN IT COMES TO SHOEING horses just prior to high-stakes races, Bill Scalzitti is often forced to work on horses who he’s never seenbefore.


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Larry Stevens

Breaking Tradition

Changing your order in shoeing is often the key to safety with many young or problem horses

Like many farriers, Larry Stevens spent years trimming and shoeing in the same sequence. He preferred starting with the left front foot, then the right front.


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22-Skiddoo!

Shoeing tips that challenge some conventional ideas

WE KNOW you can’t get to all the footcare meetings and clinics to soak up all the valuable ideas available from a wide variety of speakers.


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