For more than 50 years, Kirk Adkins has worked with fire and steel as part of his everyday life as a farrier. Adkins, who sees himself a problem solver and is good in pressure situations, thought the ...

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 ...

There's much more to the job of a farrier than simply nailing shoes on a horse's hooves. A farrier is responsible for the horse's foot health, so some veterinary knowledge is required. Many farriers ...

If you have a love of horses and are comfortable working around them, starting a farrier business may be the right career path for you. While you do have the benefit of setting your own hours and ...

With the United States involvement in World War I the army was calling for all men who had a trade or were trained in certain occupations to enlist. The Army would ask for railroad workers to help ...

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 ...

Smoke fills the barn as the horses kept in their stalls are getting anxious. It’s a process that takes hours — filing down hooves, placing hot metal numerous times to each horse and then nailing the ...

Joseph W. Hocker, a noted farrier who tended to many important racehorses for almost five decades, died in his hometown of Lexington, April 22. He was 74. When Hocker was born in 1938, his late ...

For more than 50 years, Kirk Adkins of Vacaville has worked with fire and steel as part of his everyday life as a farrier. Adkins, who sees himself a problem solver and is good in pressure situations, ...