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I have always wanted to organize a tour of New York City for horse and hoof history, but this might be as close as I can come until life g...

"American Cincinnatus" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts George Washington at work at the anvil. But who is the smiling black m...

"Work will make you free" promises the sign above the gate at the entrance of Auschwitz in Poland, the site of one of the worst...

It takes teamwork, as well as superb skill, to shoe horses all day in the world's stiffest team competition and emerge the winners. ...

In a village of pop-up horse stables and instant schooling arenas sits the World Equestrian Games' pop-up vet clinic with its dedicat...

In this mystery of riddles, a man lies dead in the churchyard. The blacksmith's hammer is found nearby. Surely he committed the murde...

Remnants of an old forge near Castle Dermot in Kildare, Ireland. "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the...

There are many tales about Christmas in the forge, but Santa Claus knows exactly where to go when he needs help. He seeks out three World...

No words are needed for this video, and none were supplied. This is the work of one of my favorite British photographers, Tony Golding, w...

Jim Blurton of Wales is one of those farriers who has more than one claim to fame. But his most recent is the one that might stick the lo...

Once there was a peaceful park on the edge of London... The Opening Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games were pretty spectacular....

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

Today we salute some holy horseshoeing. During the long battle in World War I to take (or defend) the Argonne Forest, American transport hor...

There's a saying that gets tossed around a lot in leadership-by-design books. It's often spouted from the stage by commencement ...

by Fran Jurga | 2 September 2009 | Fran Jurga Hoof Blog I had an idea for this blog post: Everyone turn the sound off when you watch this ...

by Fran Jurga | 26 July 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Don't stand too close! , originally uploaded by Lid Licker! The wrath o...

Happy Fourth of July to all t he Hoof Blog's USA readers ! Illustration: "American Cincinnatus 1783" appeared on the cov...

County Carlow in Ireland is home to this skeleton of a once proud forge. Double-click on the image for a larger view. Photo kindly loaned ...