Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Sunday, October 18, 2015

For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow: Sarah Brown Passes Britain’s Highest Farrier Examination

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Scotland's Sarah Mary Brown joined the small rank of farriers worldwide who have earned the right to add the letters "FWCF"...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Scotland Wins 36th International Team Farrier Competition at Stoneleigh

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It takes teamwork, as well as superb skill, to shoe horses all day in the world's stiffest team competition and emerge the winners. ...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Rolex Grand Slam Hoofcare: Hello Sanctos Made History on These Hooves!

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This horse and rider attempted to do something no other horse and rider had even come close to doing: win the Rolex Grand Slam of Sho...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Scotland's David Varini Wins European Farrier Championship for United Kingdom

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Scottish farrier David Varini was World Champion in 2013 and has won the European title previously. (Hoof Blog file photo) Congratu...
Friday, February 28, 2014

ShoeSecure Conquers Lost-Shoe Season, Now with Global Patent Approved to Keep Horseshoes On Hooves Everywhere

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Spring means lost shoes. Instead of wondering if there’s a shoe at the bottom of that puddle, rely on ShoeSecure to hold horseshoes on ...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

World Champions at Work: Farriers Varini and Robinson Win Equestrian Business of the Year Award in Scotland

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World Champion farriers David Varini (left) and Paul Robinson (right) are partners in a farrier service company in Scotland. They recently...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Could You Carry Scotland's Smiddy Stane?

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If your idea of fun is seeing how far you can carry a 363.8 pound stone, Scotland has an event for you. Just don't expect to tie up ...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

A Slip of the Anvil on Downton Abbey: Did you catch the reference?

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Here's some trivia for a February Sunday afternoon: how closely are you paying attention when you watch television? Notice the ...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

What Century Is It? Scotland's Royal Highland Show Clydesdale Shoeing Competition Keeps Tradition in Sharp Focus

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Royal Highland Show 2011 Clydesdale Shoeing by David McCrone Sometimes a great photo just jumps up out of the Internet and begs to be fea...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

New DVD "The Balanced Horse" Offers Hoofcare Advice from Two of the World's Most Respected Farriers

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28 February 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Now ready for shipping from Hoofcare Books: The Balanced Horse by Jim and Allan Ferrie. 60...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Place to be Tonight

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by Fran Jurga | 31 December 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Here's a peek inside the Smiddy in Dundonnell, Scotland, which is almost...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Here Lies the Farrier...And There Goes Tam O'Shanter

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by Fran Jurga | 31 October 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Lichen covers this fascinating old gravestone in the Alloway kirkyard n...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

We've Lost Edward

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Edward Martin died early on the morning of February 14th at his home in Closeburn, near Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The worldly farr...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

Happy Birthday to Mr. Edward Martin

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Edward Martin Portrait © David and Charles Publishing (UK) and Hoofcare Publishing 2008 Today's post is a personal one. I thought I hear...
Monday, October 02, 2006

Happy Birthday, Edward Martin

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Today, October 2, is Edward Martin's birthday; the godfather of modern farrier friendships turned 81 at home in Closeburn, Scotland, wh...
Friday, September 29, 2006

UK's Largest Equestrian Center to be Built near Edward Martin's Home in Scotland

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News about Mr. Edward Martin is sparse, but thanks to farrier Jean Meneley of Nevada, we do receive occasional reports. For those who don...