History

A Brief History on the Evolution of Shoeing Horses

Many people are under the assumption that farriers have always shod the same way, this is not the case. Depending upon the cost and availability of man power and metal the horse shoe changes through history.

Sometimes the cost of metal and man power won and the horse suffered because of it, sometimes the reverse. If you would like to view this just click on the link below, if you don't have Adobe Reader for Windows  then click here below  to link to a site where you can download the reader for free.