Author Archives: Dan

From American Farrier’s Association – No Foot, No Horse Newsletter, March/April 2016 Issue Author: Josh Tompkins, CJF Reprinted by Permission Hi, my name is Josh Tompkins, and I live in St. Petersburg, FL. I have been shoeing horses for about … Continue reading →

Guest blog by Rob Logsdon, FPD Recently, I had the pleasure of traveling to New Mexico to visit some of our FPD customers. It was a beautiful time of the year for the visit and I thought I would share … Continue reading →

Guest blog by Allen Horton, FPD Recently, I attended the annual winter clinic hosted by Anvil Brand in Lexington, Illinois. This year’s clinicians were Terry Stever and Tom Willoughby. Both of these men have extraordinary talent gained through years of … Continue reading →

The first day of the American Farriers Association (AFA) Tradeshow gave us an opportunity to reconnect with the farriers from the U.S., Canada, and overseas that we had met in the past years. We were also able to meet new … Continue reading →

Guest blog by Rob Logsdon, FPD In the winter, if you are looking for many of the top thoroughbred horses and trainers, you are most likely to find them in Florida so that’s where I headed recently. I began in … Continue reading →

Guest Blog by Rob Logsdon Spending time the last week of October at the beautiful Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY is one of the highlights of my year. I visited a number of farriers during the week and shared … Continue reading →

Guest blog by Rob Logsdon Recently, Josh Johnson and I attended the AAPF/CAPF Hoofcare Essentials Clinic hosted at the Life Data Labs facility and research lab. The founder of Life Data Labs, Dr. Frank Gravlee and his son, Dr. Scott … Continue reading →

Guest blogger: Ed Szymanski The 2015 Equine Podiatry Conference was hosted by the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center and organized by Dudley Hurst. Rob Logsdon and I had the pleasure of participating, along with approximately 80 farriers and veterinarians. … Continue reading →

by Guest blogger Rob Logsdon I spent Derby week in the barn area at Churchill Downs every morning, observing the many farriers that were there to shoe Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby horses. This is one of the most enjoyable … Continue reading →