American Farriers Journal took home six American Horse Publications Equine Media Awards on June 1, 2019, at the High Desert Media Roundup conference in Albuquerque, N.M.
Seventeen years ago, 16-year-old Joe Robinson set off to be an apprentice farrier in England. He would vent his trials and tribulations to his mother, an English teacher at Stonyhurst College. She then did what anyone who had a plethora of humorous stories about farriery would do: She wrote a book.
In the wake of the 26th horse death since Dec. 26, 2018, at Santa Anita, more government officials are calling for the suspension of horse racing across the state.
The famous racehorse Phar Lap had a pair of horseshoes sell at a recent auction for $A25,000, or $17,293.60 in United States currency. They were sold in a frame along with a 1931 photo of the horse with jockey Billy Elliot in the saddle.
About 20 seconds into the 2018 Belmont Stakes, Justify took the lead and never looked back, locking up the Triple Crown. The next month, the 3-year-old retired from racing with only 6 starts — and 6 wins — to his name.
Just 3 months after cutting off registration for its advanced farrier-training program because of budgetary concerns, Kwantlen Polytechnic University is taking it off the chopping block.
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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has issued her second statement in as many months calling for a halting of horse racing at Santa Anita Race Track after the death of another horse. Kochees, which died on May 26, was the third horse to die in a span of nine 9 days at the track, and the 26th since December Dec. 26, 2018.
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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