Steven McFalls leans forward, bent in the shape of a question mark as he braces his leather chaps-covered knees against T's raised hoof, sizing it up for a new horseshoe. It's a position McFalls knows ...

The concept of a balanced foot can be subjective, but farriers are now using technological advances to take some of the guesswork out of the process. Patrick T. Reilly, chief of farrier services at ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When it comes to horseshoes, one size—or shape—hardly fits all. There are thousands of styles worldwide, and Arvin Reynolds is ...