{"id":559,"date":"2012-08-30T07:14:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2012-08-30T07:18:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:18:56","slug":"fpd-bellota-supporting-american-farriers-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/fpd-bellota-supporting-american-farriers-team\/","title":{"rendered":"FPD &amp; Bellota Supporting American Farriers Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_560\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0203.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0203.jpg\" alt=\"Bellota Support\" width=\"640\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0203.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0203-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFA Team members at recent practice at the\u00a0Ky Horse Park. Bellota and FPD are providing support to the team as they prepare for the international competition at Stoneleigh. The team is using Bellota rasps and files in their quest. From left to right, Justin Fry,\u00a0Bryan Osborne, Chris Overly, Conrad Trow, Daniel Jones and Cody Gregory.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Report from Katlynn Sacco:<\/em> Saturday August 25<sup>th<\/sup>, I attended the last practice of the <a title=\"AFA Team link\" href=\"http:\/\/americanfarriers.org\/annual-contest\/2012-contest-information\/\">American Farriers Team <\/a>before they head off to Stoneleigh for the International Competition.\u00a0 The practice was held in the Mounted Police Barn at the Kentucky Horse Park.\u00a0 While there, I had the pleasure of speaking with Conrad Trow, Team Manager.\u00a0 Conrad has high hopes for the team competing at Stoneleigh, which is not surprising after watching the team work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_561\" style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0097.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-561\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0097.jpg\" alt=\"Hot raspoing\" width=\"539\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0097.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0097-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bellota Rasps are used in hoof prep and also in finishing of shoes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t all play during my visit Saturday; I was actually at the practice to announce <a title=\"FPD Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\">FPD<\/a> and <a title=\"Bellota page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/bellota.html\">Bellota\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0support of the American Farriers Team.\u00a0\u00a0 At FPD, we understand that this industry is built from the hard work and dedication of farriers.\u00a0 We appreciate the men and women who support our industry, and the American Farriers Team is no exception.\u00a0\u00a0 By\u00a0supporting the AFT, we hope to aid in their success, as they will be representing all of us here in the States during their time in Stoneleigh.\u00a0 FPD is proud to\u00a0be involved with\u00a0this group of talented and devoted individuals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_563\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0098.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0098.jpg\" alt=\"Teamwork\" width=\"640\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0098.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blogDSC_0098-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like a well oiled machine, AFA team members work together in preparation for the upcoming competition in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We wish everyone on the American Farriers Team good luck, and safe travels.\u00a0 We will be rooting for you here in Shelbyville, KY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Report from Katlynn Sacco: Saturday August 25th, I attended the last practice of the American Farriers Team before they head off to Stoneleigh for the International Competition.\u00a0 The practice was held in the Mounted Police Barn at the Kentucky &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/fpd-bellota-supporting-american-farriers-team\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,7],"tags":[74,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farrierproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}