Hey Everybody,
I just wanted to ask for some input. I worked for two years with a CJF, and have been shoeing on my own since then. Right now I'm in college, but still trying to get under as many horses as possible. I've just turned 20 and I'm leaning towards the race track in terms of my career. Does anybody have any ideas on where I go from here? I've been attempting to find shoers in the Louisville/Lexington area to apprentice with, but no luck thus far. Or should I be looking at schools? Anything is appreciated.

-Samuel D. Zalesky

hi red hot,
if your in the louisville area then you need to check out a school south of shelbyville called the kentucky school of horse shoeing, mitch taylor is an amazing farrier to learn from and can probably help you get an in at the race tracks since he is very well known through out the country and in many parts of the world.

if you wanna get into plating best advice i can give you is to ride with as many platers and learn as much as you can.