Without regular trimming, a horse’s hooves will continue to grow, eventually becoming so long that each hoof curls at the toe. In the wild, horses are constantly on the move and cover varying terrain, ...

I’VE HEARD SOME use a tree stump, a few use a makeshift stand, and others use their hands and knees to support the hoof as they trim and shape it and add a metal shoe. My friend Z Barker and most ...

HAVILAH, Calif. (KERO) — Robert Head teaches the art of trimming horses hooves, which involves working with the horse, not against it. Video shows the process of trimming horse hooves on a ranch in ...

Keith Warner, owner of KW Horseshoeing based out of Great Barrington, is a second-generation farrier who learned the historic craft nearly 30 years ago while he was still in high school from his ...

“OH GEEZE! WHY are my leg muscles and hands so sore?” That’s what I asked myself the other night as I rose from my recliner. Oh yeah, I remember why. I’d been playing the part of a farrier on my ...