Blake Brown dedicated over 41 years to shoeing horses. In 2004 he retired from his practice of 20 years as resident farrier at Loomis Basin Large Animal Services in Northern California and has been consulting and teaching on a full-time basis since.

Blake has consulted extensively in the United States including The United States Equestrian Federation Team of Endurance and acted as Technical Advisor for the Delta Horseshoe Co., Inc. for 22 years. His international consulting and lecture experience include South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Blake has been published in the American Farrier Journal, The American Quarter Horse Journal, The Paint Horse Journal, and World Endurance magazine.

Blake and his wife Linda of 43 years bred and showed Quarter Horses for 20 years. They have since traded their Quarter Horses off for All Terrain Vehicles. They live in the foothills of northern California near their two children and grand children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Todd Walker is a Certified Journeyman Farrier who lives in Johnson City, Texas, with his wife Kimberly. He has been a farrier for nine years, apprenticing the first two years with Kirk Caudle and Jim Poor.

Competitively, Todd has been on the American Farriers Team for five consecutive years, one as team captain. In 2002, he went on the cultural exchange where he was the first (and still the only) American to win the Therapeutic Shoemaking event at the British Championships. Todd has made Top Ten at the World Championships. In addition to his farrier work, Todd produces a small line of forging tools. He believes that attending competitions and clinics inspires him to success in his business.

John McNerney is a graduate of the Colorado State Farrier's Apprenticeship Program and lives with his wife, Megan, in Platteville, Colorado.  He is a Certified Journeyman Farrier and works with a variety of horses in his practice including those in dressage, jumping and 3-day eventing. 

 

As a competitor, John has many accomplishments.  During the last four years, he won three firsts and one second in the tong division at Calgary.  He and his partner placed second in Two-Man Forging in Calgary in 2000 and won the event in 2001 and 2002.  Also in 2002, John placed fifth in the Mustad Specialty Forging and fourth with his partner in the Two-Man which led to his being named first alternate on the American Farrier's Gold Team.  In 2003 and 2004, he placed second overall at the American Farrier's Convention and was again first alternate on the AFT Gold Team.  John has placed in the top ten three times at the Calgary Stampede.

Bob Pethick began shoeing horses in 1971 with three years apprenticing with several farriers and attending forging seminars at Bruce Daniel's South Jersey School of Horseshoeing.  Today, in his busy career, he fills many roles as an active farrier and clinician, teacher, international judge and in promoting and supporting excellence in the industry.  He currently serves on the AFA Therapeutic Exam Board and is active with the AFA Certification Committee.  Bob is also a past and current president of the Garden State Horseshoers Association Northern Chapter and has been elected to the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame.

 

As owner of Bedminster Forge in New Jersey, Bob's clientele includes show hunters and jumpers and dressage and event horses.  He also does therapeutic work at local vet clinics.

 

Bob's professional certifications include AFA (1983), Journeyman (1986), AFA Examiner (1988), and member of Horseshoer's Union Local 16.  He is licensed in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania to shoe Thoroughbreds and has shod many world champions and Olympic horses in all disciplines.

 

In 1979, Bob began competing at state events and worked his way up through the divisions.  He competed at the 1985 AFA Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was selected to become a member of the North American Horseshoeing Team.  He is a six-time member of the American Farriers Team and has represented the US in international competition.  Bob now judges competitions at the international level including the AFA National Competition five times between 1987 and 2005, the World Championship Blacksmith Competition in Calgary, the Mustad National Competition in Scotland and the International Team Farrier Competition in England.

 

A Clinician since 1986, Bob gives many clinics on balance and recognizing and treating hoof capsule distortion.  He became part of the Equinalysis Team in 2004 and joined the OnTrack Team in 2005.  Bob uses gait analysis to add dynamic balance to his presentations.  In 1993 he was presented with the Jim Linzy Outstanding Clinician Award.  Bob teaches the AAEP/AFA Short Course at vet schools and has been a speaker at both AAEP and AFA conventions.

 

Scott Lampert has been shoeing for more than fifteen years, traveling throughout the US in his practice. He works with top-level hunter/jumpers and several World Champion cutters.

In the last ten years, Scott has focused on causes of and possible solutions for common lameness issues, using videos to analyze gait, confirmation and performance issues.

Recently, Scott has developed a software tool to effectively document, analyze and evaluate lameness, shoeing and treatments. This program is proving to be an excellent communication tool for the equine industry.

 

Conrad Trow, a native of South Africa, began his career in 1995 with training at Mitch Taylor's school in Mt. Eden, Kentucky, after which he returned to Natal, South Africa, for a 4-year apprenticeship with Andrew Timm.

Conrad returned to the US in 1999 as an instructor at The Kentucky Horseshoeing School and began a small shoeing business. Conrad also began competing that year and has continued to do so to the present. He has competed at national and international events including the World Champion Blacksmith Competition in Calgary and AFA Convention where he and his partner, Craig Trnka have won the Two Man Draft for the past four years.

Achieving Certified Journeyman Farrier status in 2000, Conrad's business has grown to a full-time practice in which he shoes most kinds of horses. He, his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Faith, now live in Shelbyville, Kentucky.