Showing posts with label Kerckhaert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kerckhaert. Show all posts
Monday, January 22, 2018

The Copper Horseshoe Revival: Why modern farriery's quest for healthier hooves passes through a forgotten footnote from industrial history

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      This story was sponsored by Stromsholm Farriers Supplies, UK. Copper: Why is the warm, soft red metal suddenly showing up o...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Underfoot with Winx: Meet Australia’s champion and her farrier, John Bunting

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This man has a lot to smile about: Meet Mr. John Bunting of Melbourne, Australia. He's the farrier and s he's the world's favo...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Diamond's Back! Questions and Answers About the "New" Diamond Horseshoes and Tools

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In 2015 the Royal Kerckhaert Horseshoe Company purchased Diamond Horseshoes and Tools.  What had once been the widest-selling shoe and ...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Stromsholm's November Newmarket Hoof Care Conference Focuses on Long Toes - Low Heels in the Competition Horse

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Stromsholm, a leading British hoof care products supplier, will host the Newmarket Hoof Care Conference on November 17, 2014 in the Mi...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Whose Horseshoes Did CHIO Aachen Add to the Walk of Fame?

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If you were a horseshoe, where would you like to spend eternity? If you'd been on a sport horse, the answer is the hallowed Walk o...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

Hooves of the Kentucky Derby 2013: Race Shoes, Hoofcare and the Farrier's Daughter

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It's 90 minutes before the Kentucky Derby, do you know where you'll be today at 6:24 p.m.?
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Camelot's Epsom Derby Victory Footnote: American Farrier Jeff Henderson

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C A M E L O T Trainer: Irish  Foaled in: Great Britain Bred by: Bahrain's prince Owners: Irish/British Jockey: Irish ...
Monday, May 07, 2012

Kentucky Derby: Jim Jimenez Shod Winner I'll Have Another

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2 0 1 2   K E N T U C K Y  D E R B Y  W I N N E R I'll Have Another is shod by Santa Anita horseshoer Jim Jimenez Congratulations ...
Saturday, May 05, 2012

Kentucky Derby 2012: Famous (and Fast) Thoroughbred Feet from Churchill Downs

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  That's a long apron! I think horseshoer Steve Norman, who is quite tall, wears such a long one because he often has shorts on...

Kentucky Oaks: Famous Fillies' Foot Fashions at Louisville's Churchill Downs

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  For old times' sake: The Louisville Courier-Journal asked horseshoer Steve Norman  what he thought about toe g...
Saturday, May 07, 2011

Kentucky Derby: Horseshoes (and a Horseshoer's Daughter) Ready to Run for the Roses

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Here's the Kentucky Derby news you won't ready anywhere else. And the photos no one else would think to take. But by the time you...
Saturday, May 02, 2009

Horseshoer Handicapping: Whose Workmanship Do You Like in the Derby?

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by Fran Jurga | Kentucky Derby Day | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Kentucky Derby Tip Sheet Post No. | Horse | ...
Friday, May 01, 2009

It's Good for You! Kentucky Derby Contender Swears By His Guinness

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by Fran Jurga | 1 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Kentucky Derby horse Musket Man drinks a Guinness every day ; photo by Sni...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Kentucky-Based FPD Expands Role in Horseshoe Distribution with Exclusive Import of Kerckhaert Shoes and Raceplates

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by Fran Jurga | 29 November 2008 | www.hoofcare.blogspot.com WinStar Farms' Colonel John wore Kerckhaert raceplates when he won the Tra...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Derby Feet: Is Gayego Spanish for "Big Frog"?

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When they were passing out frogs in the Kentucky Derby line, Gayego was first in line. Compare his frog to Visionaire's and Colonel John...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Hoof do you like in the Derby? Shoewear of the Fast and Famous

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A feet-first introduction: Meet Visionaire, trained by Michael Matz. He's wearing a Kerckhaert aluminum race plate, imported from Hollan...