A dedicated and well-trained farrier can make up to $150,000-200,000 a year. A horse generally needs hoof care every six weeks, and that can be costly at approximately $40 a head, and as much as ...

Eduardo Beltran, owner of Gold Buckle Farrier Service a mobile farrier service, hot sets a shoe on a horse at the Ravenwood Equestrian Center, 3922 Quail Run Drive, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Pearland.

A farrier trims horses' hooves and some also make horse shoes. Head has done both, but right now he is just trimming. He has primarily been a farrier since he went to a specialized school for it ...

MSU boasted its own farrier program for several decades until the 1950s, when it closed in part due to the decline in demand for horses. Being underneath a 1,000-pound horse can be dangerous work.

While a farrier's job is not as well known in modern society as it once was, they provide a necessary service for the horses they care for. Horse hooves are somewhat like fingernails in that they are ...

MONTGOMERY –Without a hoof you have no horse. That’s what farrier Jessica N. Lowman says. She knew when she was 12 that she wanted to be a farrier. “I’ve always known that horses were my ...