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 ...

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 ...

Horseshoes traditionally mean good luck, but not always for the people who work with them. Nervous animals weighing upward of 1,000 pounds can easily cause broken bones, cracked ribs or muscle ...

Two men with local connection were among six individuals were honored for outstanding careers in hoof care during Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies at the 13th annual International Hoof-Care Summit ...

At 83 years old, George Goode describes every day as a “blessing” as he makes the two-hour commute to Sells to teach local Native Americans farrier education. It was 1972 when Goode started his ...

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 when he was still in high school from his ...

Patrick Smith puts the finishing touches on one of the shoes he put on Angel, a quarter horse owned by Eva and Jim Fletcher of Paradise Township. A horseshoe will last about six weeks before either ...

This is the second in a two-part series about Pegasus Riding Academy and the individuals who make it work. You can read the first part here. Workers’ compensation claims happen all across the country.

PITTSBURGH >> Debi Gurdock was surprised how still and silent the mustang was as she trimmed his front feet. She walked around to the back, placed a foot between her legs — and it happened. “I flew ...

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 ...

A loud, crowded, smoky day at the annual World Horseshoeing Classic in Madison County. “It’s like when the horses come in, they’re coming for a spa day,” says Kimberly Thomasson, Campus Director of ...

In the shade of a small A-frame barn, the only structure visible from the road on 50-plus acres of farmland just south of Inverness, Mark Rikard pulls a piece of glowing hot steel from his forge and ...