New Shoes for Dollar

[Jamfke]

Dollar is the name of my sister's horse. It was time for him to get a new set of shoes, and I was lucky enough to be there with my camera! It's neat to see this kind of work being done in person.

Trimming his hooves:


Sizing up the shoe:


Cold shaping it:


Getting hammered:

[leonaashlee]

I've seen this done and it's pretty awesome to watch. Nice shots.

[gturner]

nice shots. That horse looks in pretty good shape, is he competing?

[Jamfke]

Thanks!

No, he isn't competing yet. My sister got him from an owner that didn't work with him much and she is still in the process of taming him up. She can ride him, but he's still twitchy.

[fstopMike]

Interesting set showing the whole process. Thanks for sharing.

[liverlipsyyz]

the last one is great. good capture.

[Jamfke]

Thanks all! I think the farrier thought I'd spook the horse with the flash until he realized I wasn't using it. I probably could have gotten better shots if I'd grabbed my tripod, but I figured what the heck.