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What happens at farrier competitions?
Q. Can you tell me what happens at a farrier competition? Is it the fastest person to shoe a horse who wins? My own farrier (he’s about 80 years old) takes a long time to put front shoes on my … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Horseshoes and hoof boots, Shoemaking
Tagged Clydesdales, farrier advice, farrier competition, horseshoeing
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Kerckhaert in NZ
Kerckhaert horseshoes We sell a wide range of horseshoes from our warehouse in Christchurch, New Zealand. I’ve set up the farrier supplies business to cater for what farriers, vets, saddleries and horse owners need regardless of what brand the … Continue reading
Billy Crothers shoemaking – video
The beauty of concave horseshoes. Five times world champion farrier Billy Crothers, manufacturer of HMS horseshoes discusses the merits of concave and shoemaking in this short, easy to watch video from Hoofwatch
Posted in Horseshoes and hoof boots, Shoemaking
Tagged Billy Crothers, building shoes, concave horse shoes, shoemaking
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Introduction to tool and fullering
Here’s a video from Know Foot Know Horse about tool and fullering. Well worth a watch
Horse riding on the roads
Q: Can you please give me your opinion about the risks and benefits of road work for horses? I have recently moved, and where I now live there are not a lot of grass verges so I will be forced … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Horseshoes and hoof boots
Tagged concussion, farrier advice, farriery, horseshoes, road riding
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Stud holes in horseshoes
Q: I am looking for some advice about stud holes. My farrier has always put two stud holes in my horses’ shoes, fairly near the heel. But my friend’s farrier puts her stud holes much further around the shoe, about … Continue reading
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Tagged farrier advice, farriery, stud holes, studs for horses
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Farrier photo: clenching up
Clenching up the chestnut mare I was using Diamond pull-offs, Gibbins chaps and a T-shirt from The Warehouse
Posted in Farrier Services, Horseshoes and hoof boots
Tagged clenching up, farrier photos, farriers, horseshoeing
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Farrier Forge
Here’s the Friday farrier photo for this week. I’m not too sure what type of shoes these were – I don’t recognise the clips. Photo is courtesy of Antonia Steeg
Hot Shoeing Photograph
Here’s a photo for Friday. I love how the photographer Antonia Steeg has captured the hot scale coming off the shoe as it’s being shaped. I’m shaping a Kerckhaert Classic horseshoe with a Jim Blurton turning hammer on an O’Dwyer … Continue reading
Posted in Horseshoes and hoof boots
Tagged farrier photos, farriery, Jim Blurton, Kerckhaert
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