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Want To Succeed? Pay Your Dues

Eli Beiler shoes several top Standardbred racing horses on the East Coast. In any kind of high-end, competitive discipline you need name recognition. He says the Standardbred market is no different.
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Moving Picture: Arlington Park Farrier Readies Hooves

His clients have funny, unusual names - Kokakoka Ocean, Teambdancing and Half Foxy - but they also have four feet and wear aluminum shoes. For Hutch Holsapple, 42, of Rolling Meadows, the horses with those names and their owners and trainers make up his everyday life on the backstretch at Arlington Park racetrack, where he's worked for nearly 11 years.
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Meader Supply Hosts Farrier Appreciation Day for the 23rd Consecutive Year

New Hampshire farrier supply shop thanks its customers each spring with a free clinic, lunch and store discounts
For the past couple of months, American Farriers Journal has been promoting National Farriers Appreciation Week, which runs July 8-14. Each year we encourage the equine community to take the time to recognize the dedication and hard work of farriers.
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Going With the Dogs

Some farriers think it’s fine while others think it’s a huge mistake to take dogs along on barn calls
Some 54% of farriers allow their dogs or clients' dogs to munch on hoof scraps while they are trimming horses during many of their daily barn stops. For many years based on traveling with farriers, I’ve thought the Jack Russell was the favorite dog breed of horseshoers.
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