Showing posts with label Eventing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eventing. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2022

Badminton Farriers Prize 2022: In Search of the Best Shod Horse

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Badminton Farriers Prize 2022: Jim Blurton breaks records The Badminton Horse Trials, presented by Mars Equestrian, is one of only seven fiv...
Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The Olympic (Gold Medal) Hoof: Farrier Jim Blurton's Concave-Maybe Shoeing for British Team Eventer Ballaghmor Class

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Farriers love to argue about the ideal shoe -- concave or flat?-- for a three-day event horse, but when it comes time to shoe a horse for th...

The Olympic Hoof: FEI salutes farriers as crucial to equine performance in Tokyo

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Note: This story was provided to Hoofcare Publishing by the media relations service of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (F...
Saturday, July 31, 2021

The Olympic Hoof: US Eventing Horses Try British Concave Shoes for Tokyo

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Two distinct styles of horseshoes dominate the sport of eventing, one based in Britain and one in Europe. There is no middle ground, or wasn...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Burghley Horse Trials' Best Shod Horse for 2019: What was he wearing...and why?

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Farrier Paul Varnam hot fits a hind lateral extension shoe on Ivar Gooden, an Irish Sport horse judged the "Best Shod Horse" at ...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

Burghley's best-shod horse 2018: Records broken and handicaps overcome with farrier's one-handed excellence

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For the third time in five years, an Irish Sport horse named Coolys Luxury was won England's Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials ...
Monday, May 07, 2018

Badminton's Farriers Prize 2018 to Liam Collins

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British rider Dani Evans and her horse Smart Time won the Farriers Prize at Badminton Horse Trials for 2018. Smart Time is shod by Liam Co...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Burghley Best Shod Horse 2017: Paul Varnam's Bar Shoes for Eventer Ivar Gooden Impress Hoof Judge

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The hind feet of Ivar Gooden, the "best shod horse" prize winner at England's Burghley Horse Trials this year, are shod with...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

FEI hosts new Grooms Working Group; will support their role in sport horse welfare

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Grooms are gaining recognition for the role they play in equine welfare within equestrian sport. The FEI's new Grooms Working Group is...
Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Sport Horse Farriery: Burghley's 2016 Best Shod Horse Award

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Horses had to jump through the Olympic horseshoe on their way home in the four-star Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England this weeke...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Badminton Farriers Prize 2016: What Was Under the Mare Who Won? (Part 2)

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This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Before reading the specifics of how this horse is shod, please read Part 1, posted on May 8th .
Sunday, May 08, 2016

Badminton Farrier Prize 2016: Charlie Sands' four-star horseshoeing wins (Part 1)

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Resident farrier Bernie Tidmarsh watches a horse at the Badminton House stables, used for the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds and the Badm...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

Re-visiting the Big-Footed Event Horse at Badminton Horse Trials: Ben Hobday, Mulrys Error, and Paul Conway

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A photo posted by Ben Hobday (@benhobday) on Apr 27, 2015 at 10:01am PDT British farrier Paul Conway preparing a shoe for Ben Ho...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Kiwi Farrier Finesse: What's Underneath the Burghley Horse Trials Best Shod Horse?

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When is a horseshoe more than a horseshoe? When this much work goes into it. This shoe looks like other British-style shoes nailed onto e...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Farrier Jim Hayter Wins Burghley Horse Trials' Best Shod Horse Prize for 2014

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O The front feet of the Irish Sport Horse Coolys Luxury, who was selected as the Best Shod Horse at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials...
Saturday, September 06, 2014

Hooves Get the White Glove Treatment from Best Shod Horse Judge at Burghley Horse Trials in England

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Photo courtesy of Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and Getty Images You always hear about it, but rarely does anyone ever see it done...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Best Shod Horse at England's Burghley Horse Trials Wore Handmade Shoes by Steve Arnold

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Four happy faces: Farrier Steve Arnold, event horse Let's Dance, rider Jeanette Brakewell, and owner Ruth Williams were celebrating in...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Aachen's Walk of Fame: What Does the Plaza Paved with Horseshoes Tell Us About Famous International Sport Horses?

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CHIO Aachen Show Director Frank Kemperman stood in the show's new starwalk in 2011. It has continued to grow, with three new shoes add...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Future Faces Video: Sarah Coltrin, Farrier-Eventer, Shoes to Ride as She Joins the New Cadre of Equestrian Smiths

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What do you say to someone who is new in the profession? Sometimes it's best to be quiet and hear what they have to say. You migh...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Badminton Horse Trials' Farrier Prize to the Best Shod Horse 2013 Won by David Smith

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There might not be much left of a pair of shoes by the time the horse has made the circuit of the world's most challenging cross-coun...