ADVANCED HORSESHOEING, BLACKSMITHING AND APPLIED HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM

The Advanced Horseshoeing, Blacksmithing and Applied Horsemanship Program includes the curriculum of both the Advanced Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing Course and the Practical Horse Training Course. Please refer to these two courses for details.

Advanced horseshoeing and blacksmithing skills include the skills necessary to pass the national certification exams at the journeyman level as well as the most difficult of the pari-mutual licensing exams.


This is the work of an advanced student; the shoe is hand forged from bar stock. In the Advanced Horseshoeing, Blacksmithing, and Applied Horsemanship Program, you will learn a series of step-by-step training techniques which, with variations, will work on the previously unhandled horse, the "green" horse, and the spoiled horse.

 

LENGTH: 15 WEEKS (738 hours of instruction) 15% classroom, 85% hands-on-work
TUITION: $6,600.00
CLASS DATES: A new class begins every Monday throughout the year

SCHEDULE: Weeks 1 through 3 - Monday though Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Weeks 4 through 15 - Monday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in horseshoeing, blacksmithing, and equine dental technology.

 

Curriculum:
Lectures (108hours)
Horse Training (90hours)
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing (524hours)
Equine Dental Technology (16hours)

REQUIRED SUPPLIES FOR THE ADVANCED HORSESHOEING, BLACKSMITHING & APPLIED HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM:

Students must have hand tools, text book and manual. The required hand tools and text are itemized in Required Tools section of this Site. You may bring your own tools with you or you may purchase all or any part of them at school. You will be given your course manual when you arrive at school.