American Farriers Convention
March, 2002

THE AFA TRADE SHOW BOOTHS ARE STILL OPEN -- but only here at hoofcare.com!

Farriers staggered up and down 10 aisles of booths, lugging samples of new tools, new shoes, new nails, new pads, new adhesives. Everyone was smiling -- vendors and farriers!

The security staff at Lexington's airport was busy checking bags for knives and nippers and hammers!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Hoofcare & Lameness booth to meet veteran farriers like Bob Skradzio, Danny Ward, and Bruce Daniels, as well as top equine therapist Mimi Porter, who was autographing copies of her book, The New Equine Sports Therapy.

Companies in bold below are Hoofcare & Lameness advertisers. Read their news, and if you click on the bold type, their web sites will open in a new window.

Exhibitors: If you would like to see your company's name in bold, with a live link to your web site, send an e-mail today to adsales@hoofcare.com  

Plan now to join us next year at the AFA Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah!

Vendors

4 Life Research, Inc. 114

Action Company   720

ADVOCARE 117   

American Farriers Association  206 

American Farriers Journal 204

Animal Healthcare Labs    717

Anvil Magazine   104

Anvil Brand Shoe Company  X,Y,Z

Australian Horseshoe Nail 520

Back Pleaser Products Inc 321

Backroads Data   707

Baker Horseshoes 510

Best Friend Equine Supply 221

New from Best Friend: the popular grazing muzzle has been improved, and is joined by a cribbing muzzle!

Bluegrass Horseshoer's Assoc   113

Blood-Horse Publications  822

Breeders Supply & Equipment    409, 411

Brighton Feed and Saddlery 110

Brooks Lane Smithy    E

Bureau of Land Management 116

Capewell-Mustad Horsenail 304, 306 308, 310

New from Capewell and Mustad: find out about the Bahamas Getaway contest! And check out all the new products, plus the Myron McLane heartbar-frog pad

Castle Plastics, Inc. 213

Two-degree large snowball pads, plus Impak cushion frog pads!

Centaur Forge, Ltd        505, 507, 509

Colleoni S.R.L.  722

Cooper Tools/Diamond Tool 506, 508

Crown G Enterprises   816

Cut Heal Animal Care Prod 810

Delta Horseshoe Co Inc    619, 621,623,625

New Double L hoof knives, plus more Jim Blurton tools from  England!

D.L. Schwartz Co 609-611

Double Bar One   416

Double G. Gloves 517

Dbl S Lone Star Horse Shoes    106

Doug Butler Enterprises   123

Duggan Mfg   214

Eastern Equine & Farrier  312

E.H. Hall/Westfield Tanning Co.    723

Emerson Horseshoe Supply  322, 324

Epona Tech   820

E.Q. Inc.    218, 220

Equi-Bond/Chemical Concepts    614   

Equine Digit Support Systems   404

ELITE hind patterns for Natural Balance applications!  And Natural Balance fronts in polysteel!

Equine Forgings Limited  309-311-313-408-410-412-414

Coming soon: Supreme Plain-Heel Quarter-Clipped Aluminum shoes!

Equine Innovations Inc.   219

Equine Technologies, Inc  617

Equilox Int'l    210, 212

Equine Comfort Apparel Co FF

Equi Pet, Inc    818

There's always a shelf full of new things from Equi-Pet, including the popular Corta-Flx liquid joint supplement and Dermagel wound healing medication.

Equithotics Inc  122   

EquiTrade Corporation 100, 101

Heart bar bridges for Equiflex "bubble" shoes! New hardness level for horses working on pavement or hard surfaces. And new from England: the Green Guard grazing muzzle.

Farriers Hand-E-Cap   608   

Farriers' Greeting Cards  AA, BB   

Farrier Science Clinic    806   

FarWest Forge & Metal Art 115   

FIA History Museum   L-M-N

Figuerola Laboratories    DD-EE

Figuerola enters the hoofcare market with Laminasaver full-spectrum treatment for laminitis

Flatland Forge, Inc.  421   

Forgemaster Furnace   616,  618

Four Star Horseshoe/Impac 216   

FPD, Inc 512, 514, 516, 518

Check out new Triumph shoe line from Kerckhaert, and Kerckhaert racing plates, including Kings XT.and Lopez Farrier Tools.and an 8 oz driving hammer from Bloom Forge.and new from FPD's own line: knife sharpener, saddle horse clincher, 12: pull off, brass ruler, and Model K aprons.

G.E. Forge & Tool Inc 413, 415

Georgia Farrier Supply    B & C  

Glotrax Polymers Inc 719   

Grand Circuit Products In F,G,H,I.

Hammer Time Forge 709   

Harry Patton Horseshoeing 519

The West Coast's cozy little blacksmith shop is growing up! Now with a second store in Salinas, complete with a farrier center for clinics! Main store in Monrovia.

Hartwell Industries, Inc. 108   

Hawthorne Products, Inc. 610  

Hoofcare & Lameness   605   

Horsehead Tool Company    112   

Horse Science-Horse Sense 724

Always some new aspect of anatomy exposed, as Horse Science celebrates 10 years in business!

J. B. Aluminum Bar Shoe   725   

JC Tool  425   

JHM Manufacturing 223, 225

Jim Keith Tools  200   

Jumps USA    120

Of course, the green and yellow shoes! Plastics technology re-invents the horseshoe-you have to see it to believe it!

J.V. Products    406   

Ken Davis & Sons Inc  323 & 325

One of America's oldest and most respected farrier supply companies has a full-service retail store on the web!

Kentucky Blacksmith & Vet 418-420

Life Data Labs, Inc   205

Farriers Formula changed the way the world feeds horses.and now they've changed the way we measure their product. Check out the great new cups!

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  U    

Loose Shoe   314, 316

Markel Insurance Company  708   

Mattec Corporation/Horse  V-W

Maverick Farrier Products 315

McCauley Brothers, Inc    124   

M.J. Dirstributor CC   

Midwest Farrier Supply    119 & 121

Mindanao Forge Co 111   

Monetta Farrier Specialties    713, 715 ,812, 814

Monetta Manufacturing 711   

Moorman's Inc    824  

NANRIC Inc   JK

Doc and Nancy are ready to go live on the web! Meanwhile, check out Doc's new book on foot radiography and latest rail shoe, venogram, etc. technology.

Nature Farms Farrier Supplies  604, 606

NC Tool Co Inc   105, 107

Check out the new NC anvil with turning cams; also the NC cordura apron in two new colors, burgundy or gray

Nordic Forge Inc 317, 319

North American Equine Ranch    712   

Old Macs Multi Purpose Horse Boots 118

Clever farriers will find a multitude of uses for these boots for temporary support, padding, or medication cases. Sound barefoot horses can use these boots like shoes for trail riding or transport. A versatile tool to add to your supplies!

Plastic Specialties   GG   

Peterbylt Aprons 207   

Poor House Farrier Supply 710   

Purina Mills 716 & 718

R. Steele dba Hoseshoes Unlimited  215, 217

Ringel Custom Knives  407   

Russell R Hite Leather    109   

Rusty Brown Enterprises   422   

Salt Lake City Farrier    208

Scott M. Colson's Shop    613, 615

Select the Best  714   

Shoein' Shop 222   

Simonds Industries    808   

Somersong Forge  A    

Sound Software   612  

Spanish Lake Blacksmith Shop   620, 521

Stampede Blacksmith Committee  423   

St Croix Forge, Inc   704, 706

They just keep getting better! The leaders in forged steel horseshoes adds pony sizes, plus a "Lite" version of the popular Euro turned shoe (sizes 0000-2, clipped and unclipped), plus (are you ready?) St Croix Forge Aluminum Racing Plates in Plain, XT, and Outer Rim patterns.

Stockhoff's, LLC 405, 504

Tamsea Inc/TFT Horseshoes 607   

Thoro'Bred, Inc  417, 419

The legendary aluminum shoe manufacturers from California up the bar with a new line, Silver Queen racing plates. High-tech engineering, new age design!

Timpson Tamco, Inc    318   

Tracy & Company  320   

TRB Equine Farrier    D    

TRG Tool Company 305, 307

Rasps and sharpeners and yes, Save Edge nails!

T.T. Distributors 424   

Valley Farrier Supply 125, 224

Victory Racing Plate Co   511, 513,515

Vettec Inc   209, 211

Did someone say adhesive? Equi-Pak, Equi-Build, and Super Fast have a new partner in hoof repair:  ADHERE is here!

Wagon Mound Ranch Supply  522, 524

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