Horseshoes traditionally mean good luck, but not always for the people who work with them. Nervous animals weighing upward of 1,000 pounds can easily cause broken bones, cracked ribs or muscle ...

The self-titled 'hoof guy' from West Yorkshire has racked up 657,000 followers on Instagram after sharing videos of his day-to-day working life. Horse farrier are responsible for trimming and ...

Equine professionals give their insight on farrier work and the importance of a complete team working together to get the best results for performance horses. Getting equine professionals to agree on ...

HAVILAH, Calif. (KERO) — Robert Head teaches the art of trimming horses hooves, which involves working with the horse, not against it. Video shows the process of trimming horse hooves on a ranch in ...

Farrier Charlie Sands has achieved a very special double – winning the ‘best shod’ prizes at the Randox Health Grand National and Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials within a 12-month period. He ...

International Hoof Care Month is celebrated throughout the month of February. During this time, it is important that we recognize the significant contributions farriers make to the equine community.

Litchfield resident Joe Yanish has always been drawn to horses. Having never owned one himself as he grew up in Kimball, his love stemmed from his extended family’s horse farm. Now, Yanish is a ...

He completed the highest level of certification offered by the American Farriers Association. In late November, he became a Certified Journeyman Farrier.

When people meet me for the first time and I tell them I’m ­a farrier, they tend to go: ‘Oh, yep’, and you can just tell they have no idea what it means. So I explain that I work with a (race)horse’s ...

This is the second in a two-part series about Pegasus Riding Academy and the individuals who make it work. You can read the first part here. Workers’ compensation claims happen all across the country.