While Gaouette has spent almost half his life as a farrier, his love affair with horses began with racing. The Rhode Island native’s family bought their first horse when Gaouette was 13, and he ...

Bill Balling describes himself as a "late back-to-the-lander." In 1979, he and his young family moved from New Jersey up to Northern New York, to the town of Hermon in St. Lawrence County. He's ...

At 82, he still works as a farrier, someone who trims and shoes horse hooves, and since it’s never felt like a job, he doesn’t think about retiring.

A dedicated and well-trained farrier can make up to $150,000-200,000 a year. A horse generally needs hoof care every six weeks, and that can be costly at approximately $40 a head, and as much as ...