Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014

Sochi-Inspired History: The World's Largest Horseshoeing Business Was in Russia

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The amazing horse light sculptures in the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony told the Russian legend of each day's sunrise being pulled a...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

British Government Opens Consultation Period for Reforms to Farriers Registration Act

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Today the Farriers Registration Council in Great Britain announced that that country's governmental Department of Environment, Food...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Blacksmith of Brandywine: The Story of an American Legend Makes Sense on a Legendary Day

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As we remember the attack on the World Trade Towers in New York that occurred 12 years ago today, it's easy to forget that this day...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Silent Anvil: World Champion Farrier Richard Ellis Has Died

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Calgary Stampede Farriers: Steve Beane Victory Video and Official Re-Cap

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The Calgary Stampede has provided a short video interview with British farrier Steven Beane, AWCF of Yorkshire, England. Steven won the ...
Friday, May 25, 2012

British Farrier Banned for 90 Days for Damaging Former Client's Horses

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A farrier in England has faced two prosecutions for professional misconduct after he was found to have crudely remove one front shoe from ea...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Farrier Model Dean Dibsdall Wins British Reality TV Show; Next Project Is Documentary of His Life Shoeing Horses

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Farrier Dean Dibsdall has been in the news in England lately for his victory in a reality last-man-standing show called "Playing It ...
Friday, February 03, 2012

War Horse Hoofcare: Don't Come Between a Farrier and His Horse

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Photographers talk about the "point of infinity" in an image. There's a horizon or a focal point that draws your eye to th...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

War Horse Hoofcare: The Way It Was

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It's War Horse week on The Hoof Blog . We'll start off with a short and not very sweet video of the British Army farrier en...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Farrier's Ax: A Museum Restores a Gruesome Tool of Mercy Designed to End the War for Horses

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Courtesy of National Army Museum, London As people in the US prepare to line up at movie theaters to see War Horse over the Christma...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Hoofcare World Landmark: Edgar's E. P. Stern & Co. in Yalding, England

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On the map of an old village called Yalding in Kent, England, it just says "The Forge". Farriers all over the world recogniz...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

For Want of a Nail...Queen's Colt Loses Epsom Derby (and a Shoe)

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If you look closely at this photo by David Davies/PA mirrored from The Guardian newspaper in England, you can see Carlton House's...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Cheltenham's the Place to Be Today

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Last year at Cheltenham, the celebrity riders, trainers and familiar faces got together and recorded a song about the race meet that they a...