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“A hoof pick a day can keep the doctor away.” by Keith Templeton Keith Templeton edits The Farrier Guide to education and employment, a resource for farriers that features a worldwide directory of horseshoeing schools, informative guides to finding the right school and working as a farrier as well as interviews with experienced farriers.   [...]

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Kristin on May 24th, 2012
Elvis and Rising Sun. Photo by Judy Palmer

by Kristin Berkery Like everything else in his life, Elvis’ love for horses was over the top. There are stories of him going to breeding farms before dawn and asking to buy their horses. Many of his own mounts were barn sour, meaning they developed a habit of trying to turn around on the trail [...]

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Kristin on April 9th, 2012
Bon Appeal, or "Bonnie," an OTTB with Natalie Reinert

An OTTB is a brave soul, an animal with movement in his bones, an athlete of tremendous power; but most of all, an OTTB is a horse to love. I’m honored to welcome author Natalie Reinert of the Retired Racehorse Blog as ilovehorses.net‘s first guest blogger. One of Natalie’s passions is Off-the-Track-Thoroughbreds, or retired racehorses [...]

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Kristin on December 30th, 2011
Icelandic Horse in the snow. Photo by Thduke, digitally altered by Nevit Dilmen

by Kristin Berkery Spending 16 years in the Midwest left me averse to the cold, but I still love watching horses in the snow. Courtesy of YouTube, here are some fun videos that you can enjoy in the warm indoors with a cup of hot cocoa. Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend and I [...]

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