Forging Brains Podcast

This week on Forging Brains Podcast we have the one and only, Bodie Trnka! Bodie grew up under the watchful eye of his father, Craig Trnka, who had taught Bodie how to shoe horses initially. It's what Bodie has done for himself after that that has proven successful not only in his competitive horseshoeing career, his farrier business, but also his personal family life. Bodie currently resides in M...

This episode we got to sit down with the one and only, Bill Poor! Bill competed a lot many years ago winning lots of competitions including the first ever season of the WCB and also became World Champ of the Calgary Stampede. He also shared a some cool information about forging damascus knives and billets. And as of late, Bill also holds the record of long range shooting at 4 miles. Enjoy this epi...

I think it's pretty common knowledge in the farrier industry that if someone asks you-"What's a good brand of tool to buy?" and guaranteed 9 times out of 10, people will say-"Jim Poor/Flatland Forge Tools!". That speaks volumes about not only, the tools themselves, but about the creators of those tools. Jim and Kathleen Poor have worked hard to be an honest, hard working, figure in this trade we l...

It's pretty common with a new year that people talk about New Year's Resolutions. We don't necessarily try to come up with resolutions but instead, we talk about the Goals we have for ourselves-personally, professionally, with the podcast, and amongst being teammates with our friends. We'd also like to hear what other goals you guys have for the upcoming year as well. This episode we also got to c...

This episode was really cool. Tom Petersen is a highly skilled, talented and educated farrier that resides in Montana. Tom goes into depth about his up bringing about how he became to be a farrier and then on to winning multiple National and International Championship Titles. We got to hear how Tom shoes in his everyday business that would benefit a lot of horses out there if more people understoo...

In this episode of Forging Brains Podcast we got to sit down with Daniel Jones! Daniel is a top farrier in the world. He has many years of experience running a successful horseshoeing business and at the same time, being a successful competitor on the American Farriers Team, at World Championship Blacksmiths competitions, and international competitions! Daniel also shared some of his knowledge wit...

Here on the Forging Brains Podcast we ask you guys, the listeners, to send in your own questions regarding shoeing or forging that you're wanting some feedback on and we try to lend our knowledge to you by going over the pictures you send us! The Pre-Game Funk episodes are best viewed on our YouTube channel because it shows the pictures that we are discussing so you can follow along with what we'r...

We were all at Riley's shop one weekend wanting to do some forging and after that we decided to do a podcast. Earlier that day the four of us forged out a Leg-Hold Trap from scratch and that made our conversation so much better for the podcast! We talked about how Butch runs a farrier school in Oregon and maintains a business for himself. Kurt has a real interesting story of how he became the farr...

In this podcast we sat down with Craig & Christine Trnka, the founders and owners of the World Championship Blacksmiths. These two know a thing or two about hard work. As they say in this episode, there is no down time when it come to putting on the best Farrier Competitions in the world. They're on their 16th full season not including the first two Road Runner Classics they put on, which is a...

Chris Madrid, also known as, "Money", is definitely known as a top competitor in the farrier world. Most guys we've talked to on the podcast have even attributed their success from Chris helping them along the way. Not only is he a fierce competitor, but he is their to help people out. Chris let us know where he gets that drive that fuels him to be the best and continue being the best in this epis...

This was probably one of my favorite episodes yet, you don't want to miss it. Andrew Wells has an interesting and quite different story about how he became the successful farrier and competitor he is today. Andrew shared with us his whole story and what he chalks up his success to. We talked for 2 hours and barely scratched the surface! So we'll have to get with Andrew again and do another episode...

We sat down with Jake Engler and talked about how he got into shoeing horses, competing and much more. Riley and I laughed quite a bit in this one and think you will too. Enjoy! If you'd like to sponsor our podcast email us at forgingbrainspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram and YouTube as well.

Tom Willoughby is a well known, exceptional blacksmith. He was even a farrier for a large part of his career too. Tom tells some great stories in this episode and he has a sense of humor that can make anybody laugh! Riley & Gavine had a good time sitting down with Tom swapping stories. Enjoy If you'd like to sponsor our podcast, email us at forgingbrainspodcast@gmail.com

We told you guys to send us some pictures of your work you wanted critiqued and we got some work to discuss! In this episode Riley & Gavine go over some questions and people's work they sent to us. If you have some work you'd like our feedback on email us at forgingbrainspodcast@gmail.com or send a DM to our Instagram @forging_brains_podcast and we'll discuss them right here.

Patrick and Mckenzie Dutton are what we would consider a "power couple" in the modern day farrier world. Riley & Gavine got to sit down with the couple and talk about why they started shoeing horses, how they met and came to be a married couple, and as well some key points they want to see at the Ft Worth WCB Competition this fall. This was a really fun conversation between the 4 of us and thi...

These guys know what it takes to get to the top level of being a farrier and competitive horseshoeing as well. Riley dives in with these 3 and finds out a little about their own personal history on how they got to where they're at and also, what it is like being on one of the highest leveled team in United States. The highs and lows, you can find out here on the Forging Brains Podcast. If you'd li...

Before each episode Riley and I sit down and chat a little while before talking with our guests discussing what's been going on with our lives day to day. This is that conversation. We talk about some of the horses we shod this week and the feet we trimmed and sent each other in our group chat message as well. 

On this episode of Forging Brains we got to visit with our friend, Andrew Neilson. Andrew is a multi-generational farrier residing in Pennsylvania. He talks about how he became a farrier and then his trials & tribulations throughout to become a member of the World Championship Blacksmiths (WCB) Team for multiple years. Andrew is a hard worker and cares about improving the trade for years to co...

We sat down with Team PNW-Brian Strelow, Troy Wood, Jesse Wilson and Riley Kirkpatrick after two days of competition had passed them to share their experiences as a team and their results of what they have done up to that point. Hurricane Ian was blowing past them at this point so they had no power in their hotel or surrounding areas so we decided to record a podcast to kill some time. The guys ex...

In this episode we sat down with the one and only, Robert Jukes! Robert gave us a lot of insight on what it was like growing up in Australia to then moving to the United States to shoe horses. He also shared what it's like to be on the WCB team and other 4-man teams, along with his famous fullers everyone loves. Enjoy the Podcast. If you'd like to sponsor our podcast email us at forgingbrainspodca...

In this podcast Riley Kirkpatrick & I sat down with Team PNW after they finished up a team practice where the shod a Draft Horse with Handmade Plain Stamp Horseshoes with a Masselot Toe Clip. They shared what it's like to be on a team together and a little back story of each on how they became who they are today. Enjoy! If you'd like to sponsor our podcast, feel free to email us at, forgingbra...

This is the introduction podcast between Riley Kirkpatrick & Gavine Cooper, getting to know each other a little more and giving you guys a little bit of our backgrounds and life story to become who we are today.