Showing posts with label horseshoer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horseshoer. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Horseshoer Joe Alfano celebrates 50 years of service with Pennsylvania National Horse Show Hall of Fame honor.

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Joe Alfano has been the horseshoer at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg for 50 years. The horse show honored him this year...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

History-loving and history-making American horseshoer Bill Miller dead at 96

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History-loving and history-making horseshoer Bill Miller died today in Seattle, Washington. According to his close friend Dave Duckett, the ...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Heroes on the Hoof: Remembering military farriers who lost their lives

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Every Memorial Day, I resolve to put together all my scraps of research and tally up some statistics on fallen farriers--the ones who...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

History on the Hoof: Who Shod Dan Patch?

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It doesn’t seem like a holiday, but there it was, noted on the hoofprints.com calendar. “Dan Patch born this day, 1896.” I wondered, &qu...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Silent Anvil: Danny Ward, Horseshoeing Teacher and Friend to Farriers

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Horseshoer Danny Ward circa 1990 with part of his impressive collection of hammers at his school in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo © Hoofc...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Political Cartoons: Public opinion was forged with humor from the blacksmith shop

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How would Joe Biden look at the anvil? Traditionally, political cartoons have portrayed US Presidents as blacksmiths and, sometimes, farrie...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Shane Westman Joins the University of California at Davis as Large Animal Clinic Farrier

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Shane Westman recently was appointed Large Animal Clinic Farrier at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. (...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Pennsylvania Court Petitioned to Require State to Resume Racetrack Farrier License Tests

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On Tuesday, June 7, the International Chapter of Horseshoers and Equine Trades, Local 947, ("the Union") filed a writ of man...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

Shoeing for the Roses: Kentucky Derby Foot Factors 2016

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It's the first Saturday in May. Theories abound about how to pick the winner of the Kentucky Derby, but there's no doubt that th...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Will Golden Horn Make History at the Breeders Cup? Meet His Farrier, Ed O'Shaughnessy

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Newmarket, England farrier Ed O'Shaughnessy looks like he's about to share a bottle of champagne with his #1 customer, champion t...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Silent Anvil: Red Renchin

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Today the American Farrier's Association (AFA) and the American Association of Professional Farriers (AAPF) reported on their Facebook...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Silent Anvil With Much More to Say: Hank McEwan, Horseshoer, Horseman, Friend

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You probably thought you'd be reading the Hoof Blog's tribute to Hank McEwan by now. Words don't come easily, but Wednesday s...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Blacksmith Buddy Junior: The New Hoofcare Education Tool for Teaching, Practice, and Demonstrations

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Silent Anvil: Bruce Daniels, American Horseshoer, Has Died

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Bruce Daniels died today, just before noon, the American Farrier's Association tell us. The icon of American horseshoeing of the l...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Happy Birthday to the history-making Journeyman Horseshoers Union

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A souvenir diorama from Utica, New York combines the past and present of the IUJH: a meticulous shoe board, a grandly ornate convention ri...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

It's Official: England's Steven Beane Wins His Fifth Calgary Stampede World Championship Title

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The Calgary Stampede did not provide photos of the awards this year, so The Hoof Blog had to go hunting for some. We found a perfect ...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Calgary Stampede Opening Day: Blacksmiths in the Sun, Shatner in the Parade, Champions All

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Last chance to be the World Champion: 60 farriers from around the world were entered for the 35th and final World Champion Blacksmiths C...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Silent Anvil: Elvis's Horseshoer Has Left the Building, But Not Our Lives

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Mississippi/Tennessee horseshoer Lim Couch died this week. He was Elvis's horseshoer and a longtime officer of the American Farrier...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

California Chrome: Horseshoer Judd Fisher with a Horse on the Doorstep of History

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Best of luck to California horseshoer Judd Fisher as he waits to find out if the horse with his shoes on will make history today by beco...

Who Shod the Last Triple Crown Winner?

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Sometimes a great event gives me a chance to dig into the archives and find some lost facts that deserve to have another chance to shine.