HORSE SHOE, N.C. -- It doesn't take long for farrier Buck O'Neil to determine the type of care a horse may need from him. O'Neil, who has been shoeing horses for 49 years and fittingly calls Horse ...

We all know what it feels like to break a fingernail or toenail, and it is certainly not comfortable. Luckily for humans, we do not have to walk or stand on that nail after it has been cracked or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Proper hoof care is essential to any domesticated horse's overall comfort and health, but the question of whether a horse need shoes depends on the individual animal. Horse owners use shoes for ...

For those not fluent in horse terminology, a farrier is the person who shoes horses. They are like a podiatrist and pedicurist for horses. Instead of acrylic nails and fancy polish, they use iron ...

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 ...

There is no such thing as an "overnight success story" in the Thoroughbred industry. Many hands are involved along every horse's journey to the winner's circle. The cycle begins in the breeding shed ...