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 ...

New Mexico singer-songwriter Randy Huston and farrier Jim Keith received the 2025 Rounders Award, Oct. 15, 2025.

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 ...

When one of the New York Police Department's horses loses a metal shoe, or they just wear out on the gritty city streets, a blacksmith shop on wheels rushes to the rescue, equipped with a 2,850-degree ...

A farrier and sculptor who is also a blacksmith have created a spectacular work of art. The question is, how? Somehow they turned a pile of old worn out rasps, into something very special. Holly ...

Nestled in a new Cape Cod in White Hall, on Jolly Acres Road, a blacksmith’s family starts its day early. David Belt Sr., 47, and his apprenticed son, Brian, 19, go to a truck filled with the ...

ARLINGTON, VA. - Pete Cote has hammered 2 million shoes for the horses that pull the caissons bearing the bodies of presidents and privates alike. “For me, it’s an honor no matter who it is,” said Mr.

, died Tuesday. He was a farrier, blacksmith and knife maker for 44 years. He also was an avid horseman, sportsman and farmer. He apprenticed many upcoming farriers and belonged to the American ...

COLLEGE STATION, TexasCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — After surgeons removed pieces of bone and realigned the horse’s leg by bolting it together, they turned their patient over for a custom shoe-fitting to a ...

Some may not call it an art, but Magnolia resident Donald Griffin would argue it takes an artist's eye to fill the shoes of a horse farrier. Griffin, 38, has been a farrier, or someone who shoes ...