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 ...

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 ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — The twists and turns of life landed Brandt Walden exactly where he is supposed to be — making a living taking care of horse hooves. While Walden, 21, Wilkinson, had visions of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It takes a lot of work to get a Derby horse ready for the track. From jockeys to trainers, everyone depends on farriers. Those are the professionals who trim hooves and shoe ...

He'll shoe a couple horses, trim the hooves of another. Three or four horses in all, a few hours from start to finish. Nothing out of the ordinary, unless you count a rather striking black and white ...

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 ...

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 ...

OCEANPORT — Al Gomez doesn’t need to prove to anyone how valuable his job is. Horsemen know. “You don’t have no hoof, you don’t have no horse,” he said, with a right rear hoof between his legs, as he ...

Mr. T was not especially inclined to lift his hoof. In fact, he stood with all four of them firmly planted on the gravel, projecting a very clear attitude of "Nope." Brian Crandall rubbed a gentle ...

Should horses and similar animals wear horseshoes or go “barefoot?” It’s not a facetious question. Horse owners have strong ...