Horses have been central to human transportation and agriculture for centuries. These symbols of power and speed require hoof care and new shoes every four to six weeks to stay on the job. But why?

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 ...

BOZEMAN (AP) - In a blacksmith shop in a field on the edge of town, Tom Wolfe is teaching a dozen men to transform cold chunks of steel into horseshoes. Thirty years of heating metal to a glowing ...

Sneakerhead Marcus Floyd, 39, has been designing shoes since 2018. In 2022, the tourist site Visit Lex reached out to Floyd to design those same sneakers for horses. Since Horse Kicks' launch, Floyd ...

MACOMB, Ill. -- Listening to the hammering of blacksmithing tools and seeing horses waiting nearby, it may appear that an unusual Macomb school is more at home in the Wild West. But inside the walls ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- If it weren't for the biting flies and the nails ripping into his legs, Hal Hellentall thinks his job as a horseshoer may be perfect. He practices an old art, and he's working ...

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 ...