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 ...

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 ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - Horseshoes, and the people who shod them, have gone hand-in-hand with the rise and fall of nations since time immemorial. Historical evidence of horseshoes and horse husbandry exists ...

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 ...

The Farriers Registration Council disciplinary committee ruled that Stephen Gardiner cannot reapply for at least two years ...

Every job has its ups and down, but how many people absolutely love what they do despite the risk of getting kicked or stepped on by a 1,000-pound animal? In farrier Deanna Stoppler, horses have met ...

The former head farrier at Cheltenham Racecourse, who struck a horse nine times with a hammer while shoeing it last April, has lost an appeal against a 10 year ban on him keeping and working with ...

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 ...