Check in with 2014 Rising Shoeing Star Diego Almeida — program director for the Montana State University Farrier School — who says teaching makes him a better farrier. 

Check in with 2019 Rising Shoeing Star Gary Gullo Jr., who says that though he's been fortunate enough to shoe some of the highest-performing horses in the world, the best moments are when he can turn a lame horse sound. 

Check in with 2011 Rising Shoeing Star Joe Nygren, who learned primarily through competition, and can now say he was a two-time member of the American Farriers Team with three Top 10 finishes at the Blacksmith World Championship. 

Check in with 2015 Rising Shoeing Star Sam Zalesky — former Rood & Riddle resident farrier with a current practice shoeing English sport horses — who built his practice through networking and supporting his fellow farriers.