More Resources

The following are some of my favorite learning resources, either for studying for Certification or just for general farrier education. Hopefully this is a helpful directory, but I wanted to put a lot of good information all in one place.

Books:

• Dr. Doug Butler’s Principles of Horseshoeing (P3)

  • Primary source of info for AFA Certification

• Chris Gregory’s Textbook of Farriery

  • Primary source of info for AFA Certification

• Simon Curtis’ The Hoof of the Horse and also Farriery - Foal to Racehorse

  • Two awesome books about the hoof itself and also foal development and treatment of conformational faults

• Heather Beauchemin’s The Hoof Book

  • Extremely accessible without being too technically dense, excellent low-stakes learning read

• Jean-Marie Denoix’s The Equine Distal Limb

  • Lots of good pictures, will teach you the difference between “sagittal” and “transverse” very quickly

• AFA Certification Study Manual

  • Has practice tests and lots of descriptions!

Websites:

• Educatedfarrier.com

  • Gerard Laverty is an educator based out of Canada, and has some good YouTube videos as well!

• https://americanfarriers.org/page/farrier-resources

  • Link tree on AFA website for books, websites, etc. that anyone can use!

• https://biosphera3d.com/product/3d-horse-anatomy-software/

  • 3D model of a horse where you can basically do a dissection from your phone, buy once and play with forever

• https://study-smart-test-strong-for-farriers.teachable.com/l/products?sortKey=name&sortDirection=asc&page=1

  • Test-taking skills course by Heather Beauchemin

Videos:

• Gray Duck Forge YouTube channel (obviously)

• AFA YouTube channel

Publications:

• The American Farrier’s Journal

• No Hoof, No Horse (through the AFA)

• AFA Certification Manual