farriers
Equine foot professionals
Farriers are specialists who trim and shoe horses' hooves.
The work combines blacksmithing—forging and fitting horseshoes—with knowledge of equine anatomy and gait.
Though less common since horses left everyday transportation, farriers remain essential for working horses and equestrian sports: The farrier comes every six weeks to reset the shoes.
U-shaped hoof plates
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- hoofHorny foot covering
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
rasp · hardy · tongs · clinching · trimming · shoeing · punching · shaping
Ungulate foot coverings
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
fetlock · lameness · barefoot · therapeutic · soundness · gait · conformation · thrush
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
workshop · smithy · itinerant · livestock · profession · vocational · training · licensing
horseshoes
U-shaped hoof plates
nails · rasp · hardy · tongs · clinching · trimming · shoeing · punching · shaping · hammer
hooves
Ungulate foot coverings
coronet · fetlock · lameness · barefoot · therapeutic · soundness · gait · conformation · thrush · laminitis
blacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- certificationAttestation of qualification
guild · workshop · smithy · itinerant · livestock · profession · vocational · training · licensing · horseman
- vanishing thingsblacksmiths, cobblers, lamplighters, switchboard operators, telegraphers
- farm heritagefarmstead, barns, farm tools, farmhouses, barn dance
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- racetrack peoplejockeys, trainers, bettors, handicappers, railbirds
- stablesbox stall, stalls, paddock, paddocks, tack room
- carriage tradeswheelwrights, coachbuilders, coachmen, saddlers, blacksmiths