FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE, Duke Monteur shod the famous Thoroughbreds at Sagamore Farms in northern Maryland, including Discovery and Discovery’s famous son Native Dancer.
MOST FARRIERS spend hours trying to ensure they and their families will be financially secure should something happen to them. They carry insurance and put money away in the bank, just in case.
AUSTIN EDENS, a 24-year-old from Graham, Texas, has been steadily climbing toward the top spot for a few years and finally reached the summit — the title of World Champion Blacksmith at the annual Calgary Stampede.
After a quick stop for “double-doubles” — coffee with two sugars and two creams in the “States” — Hans Wiza and his crew of two other horseshoers are ready to embark on a day’s shoeing near Guelph, west of Toronto in Ontario.
THE FARRIERS entered in the fourth annual mail-in forging exercise, co-sponsored by the Calgary Stampede’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition and American Farriers Journal, have various reasons for entering the contest. Many savor competition and want to win.
When it comes to shoeing tools, Doug Dutcher has this advice for getting a better grip. “Wrap your rounding hammer handle with VetWrap,” says the farrier who shoes in Fulton and Montgomery counties in New York.
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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