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Putting Together a Shoeing Day on the Fly

Scheduling gets tricky when a horse show intervenes
By Pat Tearney posted on December 1, 2004 | Posted in Business Practices
Some days just don’t start out well. Hank Highfield, the normally affable farrier from Indianapolis, Ind., is clearly a little miffed as he sets up his shoeing rig outside the barn at his first stop of the day.
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The Farrier's Life Is in Their Blood

Three generations of the Carpenter family enjoy the independence of shoeing for a living.
By Ron Perszewski posted on November 1, 2004 | Posted in Shoeing
In the late 1930s, Glen Carpenter, a teenager who had left his Illinois home for a job as a stableboy in Kentucky, sat atop a horse named Whirlaway.
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Shoeing In The Green Mountains

Vermont farrier plies his trade in picturesque setting
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2004 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing
It's late March in Vermont. The temperatures are slowly rising, melting more and more of the snow and ice that has held the valleys, peaks and ridge lines in its grip during the winter months.
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Shoeing To Fit A Need

New York farrier Tom Martin’s philosophy is to find what works for a particular horse, then deliver it
By Pat Tearney posted on May 1, 2004 | Posted in Shoeing

AS TOM MARTIN pilots his shoeing rig down winding upstate New York roads on a cold February morning, a number of cars pull over to the side and let him pass.


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Have Shoes Will Travel

Central Florida farrier runs a rock-solid shoeing business — including servicing the special needs of the Orlando Police Department’s Mounted Patrol
By Mike Podoll posted on March 1, 2004 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients
Make no mistake about it, Rich Cleland is a man's man.
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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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