| The Kentucky Horseshoeing School was founded in | | | | physiology, biomechanics, equine movement, and |
| 1978 and is located in Mount Eden Kentucky. This | | | | conformation. This program will teach students how to |
| school is focused on understanding balanced shoeing | | | | properly trim and shoe horses to achieve proper foot |
| through a combination of intense anatomy, physiology | | | | balance and maintain the limb. This course will go |
| and biomechanical training. The goal of the Kentucky | | | | beyond the basic shoeing of sound horses with |
| Horseshoeing School is to produce the very best entry | | | | readymade shoes. This program will teach students |
| level farriers in the country. | | | | how to build shoes and will teach them all of the |
| Students can choose from a variety of different | | | | aspects of remedial and therapeutic shoeing. Besides |
| course lengths to suit what their needs and desires | | | | learning how to use farrier tools, students will learn how |
| are. The shortest course that is available is the two | | | | to make a variety of different tools including forging |
| week trim course. This course is designed for horse | | | | tools. This will incorporate both basic welding and |
| owners who would like to be able to maintain their | | | | farrier skills. |
| own horse's feet in the absence of a professional | | | | Besides trimming and shoeing, students will also learn |
| farrier. This course places a great deal of emphasis on | | | | how to diagnose and treat a variety of equine |
| basic limb and foot anatomy, functions of the foot, | | | | lameness by acquiring a strong foundation that will help |
| movement, identifying problems and basic foot health. | | | | students sort facts from fiction in the field of farrier |
| Students will learn how to pasture trim, pull shoes, level | | | | science. Students will also learn how to read |
| hooves, and reapply pulled shoes when their farrier is | | | | radiographs and communicate with owners and |
| unavailable. | | | | veterinarians to create the best treatment plan for |
| The next course that is available is the eight week | | | | each individual horse. |
| basic farrier course. This course is designed for | | | | Once a student has completed the twenty two week |
| owners who want to trim and shoe their own sound | | | | course, they may choose to continue their education |
| horses. This course will teach students how to use and | | | | by choosing to perform an internship. The KHS Farrier |
| maintain farrier tools, how to trim and balance a | | | | Internship Program requires that each student maintain |
| horse's hooves, how to shape and nail readymade | | | | a minimum of 80% average on all of their practical and |
| shoes without the use of a forge. Some of the basic | | | | written work. Each student is placed with a master |
| forging techniques that will be covered are hot seating, | | | | farrier for a minimum of six months. Students must |
| forging toe clips and punching holes in factory shoes. | | | | follow the syllabus that is provided by KHS and each |
| The sixteen week advanced program is designed for | | | | student's progress is monitored by KHS for the entire |
| people who want to become skilled in trimming and hot | | | | six month period. Most of the internships that are |
| shoeing horses. This course will place an emphasis on | | | | available are paid and many students who have |
| using factory made shoes. In this course, students are | | | | successfully completed an internship have been able |
| introduced to more advance practices like tool building | | | | to start their professional farrier careers at the top of |
| and maintenance. | | | | the pay scale. |
| The twenty two week career track course is | | | | What a great program! I hope you enjoyed this little |
| designed to produce comprehensively trained, entry | | | | article and we ask that you might visit our reference |
| level farriers. This is a performance based curriculum | | | | links below. If you find time please bookmark them and |
| designed for students that have very high | | | | stop by and say hello at our horse forum. |
| expectations for themselves. This course will take the | | | | Thanks, |
| student through an in depth study of anatomy, | | | | HorseChitChat. |