For more than 50 years, Kirk Adkins has worked with fire and steel as part of his everyday life as a farrier. Adkins, who sees himself a problem solver and is good in pressure situations, thought the ...

OCEANPORT — Al Gomez doesn’t need to prove to anyone how valuable his job is. Horsemen know. “You don’t have no hoof, you don’t have no horse,” he said, with a right rear hoof between his legs, as he ...

Despite the bitterly cold air coming through the open barn door, Chip Kendzerski looked comfortable dressed in a green sweatshirt and jeans. Big hands grabbed a horse’s hoof, setting its ankle on his ...

“OH GEEZE! WHY are my leg muscles and hands so sore?” That’s what I asked myself the other night as I rose from my recliner. Oh yeah, I remember why. I’d been playing the part of a farrier on my ...