Proper hoof care is essential to any domesticated horse's overall comfort and health, but the question of whether a horse need shoes depends on the individual animal. Horse owners use shoes for ...

Horseshoes isn’t the most modern game, nor is it the most complex. That doesn’t make it any less fun, though. The classic lawn game has stood the test of time because it’s easy to set up and play yet ...

One of the earliest mentions of a horseshoe being used to ward off evil is a 10th-century tale that involves the patron saint of blacksmiths, Saint Dunstan, and his encounter with the devil. The ...

There's much more to the job of a farrier than simply nailing shoes on a horse's hooves. A farrier is responsible for the horse's foot health, so some veterinary knowledge is required. Many farriers ...

Behind the splash pad at Franklin Park in North Spokane there's a set of horseshoe pits. They're organized and equally spaced from each other, surrounded by chain link fencing. Much like the game of ...

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has created a set of bespoke titanium horseshoes for a Melbourne race horse using additive 3D printing. According to ...

Edwin Kinney is the quiet winner of the Kentucky Derby. The owner of Thoro’Bred in Anaheim has had a stake in the race for decades. But his bets aren’t tied up in fickle odds. They’re nailed tightly ...

Ray Tilli is working hard to keep competitive horseshoes alive in Duluth. Not that it was dying, mind you. Tilli is the executive director of the Duluth Municipal Horseshoe Club, which plays inside ...

Amid the "tings" and the "clangs" at Merritt Park, Ray Tiili holds out his gnarled right hand and proclaims, "That's what happens when you pitch horseshoes for 48 years." After he pauses and lets the ...

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (AP) — By his own admission, Jerry “J.J.” Ring doesn’t exactly look like an artist. The 38-year-old Thomasville man, a welder and metal fabricator by trade, is a burly-looking fellow ...