Final Approach With Chris Gregory

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 27 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/

David Sierra and I go back several decades, having been friends since the start. He has a farrier business in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has become an examiner for the American Furriers Association.  We have had him as our examiner in the Heartland a couple of times, and I got to catch up with him in Reno at the 2023 AFA convention. We had a great talk, and you're going to like hearing David's story....

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 26 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/  

You know how you sometimes meet a person and are instant friends? Well, Joe was like that for me. Joe is a farrier who came to the Heartland for some tuning up in the forge, and as the days rolled on, we had one thing after another in common.  As I got to hear more of Joe's story, I realized that you needed to hear it too, so I talked him into sitting down for an interview. He has some great stori...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 25 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/

Well, friends, let me tell ya, I've got a special one this time.  If you've ever had an interest in outdoor cooking, you probably went to YouTube, and it would be almost impossible not to come across Cowboy Kent Rollins.  I didn't have to watch but one or two of those videos and knew I'd found a kindred spirit. His presence when you're around him is incredible, but it comes across through the came...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 24 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/

Peter Kristiansen is a farrier from Denmark that I met many years ago when I did a clinic for Henrik Berger in Denmark.  Peter and I hit it off and have had a long friendship through Facebook. He was in England for the BFBA Focus and I was able to get him to sit down with me for an interview.  It is always interesting to hear about the lives and practices of farriers from other parts of the world...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 23 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/  

Dan Harman is an English farrier who was my main contact when coming over to speak to the Farrier Focus event at Stoneleigh in 2023. He is one of the officers of the BFBA and runs a very successful farrier practice in the UK. Dan and I have a lot in common from farriery to guitar playing. We had a great chat and you're going to enjoy getting to know Dan as we sat down in a back room at the BFBA Fo...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 22 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost. For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/

Don Davis is an Army veteran, former Calvary soldier, and current stablemaster for the horse detachment of the 1st Calvary in Fort Cavazos, better known as Fort Hood, Texas.  He and I were introduced by my great friend Scott Robison while I was down there doing a clinic for Camp Cowboy.  That introduction led to my having the honor of helping the last farrier soldiers in the U.S. Army.  Don has a...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 21 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

Dr. Tucker Joustra has been a doctor in South Missouri for almost four decades, but more than that, he is a healer who embraces whatever works. Even if the establishment does not support or agree with it, Dr. Joustra is going to do whatever is right for his patients. This became undeniably evident during the pandemic, when he and his team saved so many patients by doing what worked. Even though he...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 20 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

Mike Randles is a well-known English farrier who I've known for many years. Mike and I were both watching our sons compete at the World Champion Blacksmith's competition at Spruce Meadows in Calgary in 2023, and I talked him into sitting down with me and telling me his story. Mike had produced the incredible forged anatomical leg model trophy that was presented at the World Championships this year...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 19 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

I met Jeff several years ago when he attended his first-ever Farrier Clinic at Centaur Forge in Burlington, Wisconsin. I was a clinician, and he was a new hire for the American Farriers Journal. We hit it off, and it has been a pleasure to follow his career and see Jeff at Farrier events around the country. Jeff has taken on a new role as the main man at the American Farriers Journal, and he was i...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 18 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

Mark Hickox is a highly intelligent and thoughtful heartlander who radiates success wherever he goes. He has worked in several fields and has brought his special brand of expertise to the farrier industry. As he built his first farrier business in Montana, he and I would often talk, and I was amazed at how he was able to create his business in such a short time. Life had other plans for Mark and h...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 1 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

I've been blessed with the folks that I can call friends, and the great American Scott Robison stands like a giant amongst them. Scott and I have known each other since high school in the New Mexico Military Institute in 1984. While we weren't close friends at that time, being from that place and sharing what it was like to be a cadet was the common ground that we came together on in 2017, when I...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 16 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF: https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com

I met Chad Chance while doing a clinic in Texas, as he will tell you. And even though he had been shooing horses for years, he took the industry by storm after that. He created a website called Hoof Watch and started producing videos that many of you have watched time and time again. Chad was in Calgary and I got the chance to sit down and find out what he's been up to and where he's going.  It wa...

Please enjoy an excerpt from the book written by Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF. Here is Chapter 15 from For the Want of a Shoe the Horse Was Lost For more information about Chris Gregory CJF ASF FWCF:  https://chrisgregoryauthor.com/ https://www.heartlandhorseshoeing.com/ chrisgregoryasf@gmail.com