Enjoy the soothing sights of a farrier expertly shoeing a horse's hoof. The precision and technique involved in this craft are both satisfying and impressive. Trump suffers major blow in Ukraine poll ...

Sweat dripped from Sonny Pistilli’s nose and evaporated on the red-hot horseshoe he’d taken out of a burning forge. He’d been pounding steel with a mallet for two hours, his hands like anvils from a ...

When you watch Steve Shutler pick up a horse’s hoof in preparation for a shoeing, you can tell he’s made the same practiced motions at least a thousand times. Shutler is a horse shoer, or farrier, as ...

Ross Smith, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, has shod horses for 40 years—a career that led him to develop an innovative tool for balancing a horse’s hoof when trimming and shoeing. “I grew up on a ...

Farriering is an age-old profession and has been vital to horse care for centuries. Even though most do not travel via horse and carriage anymore or rely on a horse-drawn plow to farm their fields, ...

NORTH EAST ― The prospect of getting kicked or bitten might keep most people away. For Bill Spellman, it's all part of the job. Spellman, 40, has spent nearly 15 years as a farrier, trimming hooves ...

No matter how good the horse, it is no better than the four small feet that bear all its weight and propel it along the ground. That is why a good farrier is essential for maintaining equine health ...

Some may not call it an art, but Magnolia resident Donald Griffin would argue it takes an artist's eye to fill the shoes of a horse farrier. Griffin, 38, has been a farrier, or someone who shoes ...

Spencer Ray of Buhl takes joy in the physical work of shoeing horses, and feels a sense of accomplishment when a job is done. Just don’t expect him to pass the skill along to the next generation. “I’m ...