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Trailer Shoeing!

Free up your truck, save gas and eliminate hauling your shoeing shop and product inventory everywhere you go
By Bob White posted on May 1, 1999 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing
The classic farrier rig could be defined as a self-contained horseshoeing supply shop and work space built into a truck. Some farriers, though, find it more economical to work out of a trailer that can stay at home when they’re not shoeing.
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Rasping Away Problems

Working with 1,000 foals, yearlings and mares at nine Thoroughbred breeding farms, David Nadeau concentrates on stopping foot problems before they start
By Eric Sacharski posted on May 1, 1999 | Posted in Shoeing
There's a reason why Kentucky is called the “Horse Capital of The World.”
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Best Tips On 'Tip' Shoes

A New York farrier maintains “The Art of Horse-Shoeing —A Manual For Farriers,” written in the late 1800s by a British veterinarian, contains the best explanation you’ll find on using “tip” shoes
By William Hunting posted on May 1, 1999 | Posted in Shoeing
Tips are to short shoes that only protect the front half of the foot. On grass or soft roads, tips are usually sufficient to prevent undue hoof wear.
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New Way To Glue On Shoes

This veteran farrier’s unique technique hasn’t failed him yet!
By Bob White posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Shoeing

 In 50 years of shoeing, a farrier can do a lot of thinking about finding better ways to get the job done.


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Duckett Vs. Russell

Similar or not, comparing the hoof balancing ideas William Russell used almost 100 years ago and those advocated today by David Duckett have resulted in considerable confusion
By Matthew Taimuty posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Shoeing
Disagreement exists on many aspects of the science of farriery and some of the most heated debate has centered around principles of hoof balance. Recently two names have come to the forefront of this debate: Professor William Russell and Dave Duckett, a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Farriers.
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Fish Hook Nailing

For a horse with damaged hooves, this unique nailing technique may be a life-saver. And it’s also got plenty of potential for nailing shoes on normal horses
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Shoeing

 Hooked is the way Joe Vass readily describes his belief in the fish hook nailing technique he uses to hold shoes on horses he deals with on a daily basis.


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Florida... Where Winter Shoeing Is Jumping

There's plenty of excitement and shoeing work when 4,000 horses, 5,000 participants and 228 farriers head to southern Florida for the winter equestrian season.
By Frank Lessiter posted on January 1, 1999 | Posted in Education, Shoeing
WHEN TEMPERATURES dip below the freezing mark in the northern states, hundreds of thousands of retired folks head for Florida for anywhere from a week to a few months to enjoy the warm winter weather.
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For 3-Day Events, Be On Your Toes!

Even though the pace may be fast or slow, the shoeing work is intense. Plus, you need that volunteer spirit and a sense of wanting to pay back an industry that's been good to you to make 3-day event shoeing worthwhile.
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 1995 | Posted in Education, Equipment, Shoeing
The work goes in spurts. Sometimes, you can be extremely busy. At other times, you can be bored out of your mind. That's the way shoeing went for five veteran farriers who worked the 1994 Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event held last spring at the Kentucky Horse Park complex in Lexington, Ky.
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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.

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