Ceri Evans, Checking the Fit (PEOPLE 2023)

Matt the farrier hot shoeing Billy the ex-racehorse, Sunshine Coast, Australia. Matt the farrier hot shoeing Billy the ex-racehorse, Sunshine Coast, Australia. When a farrier hot shoes a horse as opposed to cold shoeing a horse, he ensures a better fit. Horses don't mind being hot shod at all, it doesn't hurt them, their hooves are made of keratin and are about 1/2" thick. The smoke however smells like burning hair!

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