Alpha Farrier Services - Serving Central Maryland. Forging & Horsesheoing contest results.

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Horseshoeing and Forging Contest Results
Mike Poe, CJF

Mike Poe, CJF, on the far left holding the Division II buckle from the 2007 VHA contest.

Bash at the Beach - Virginia Beach, Virginia, March 2010

Division 3 Reserve Champion
2nd Place in the 3/4 fullered, toe clip, rocker toe
2nd Place in the Sidebone shoe
3rd Place in the Double Caulkin hinds
2nd Place in the Two Man Draft

Virginia Horseshoers Association Forging Contest, September 2009

Division 3 Reserve Champion
2nd Place in the Journeyman Front pair
2nd Place in the Barshoe with Matching Open Heeled Shoes
1st Place in the Two Man Draft Pair of Fronts (with Rusty Wells)

North Carolina Horseshoeing and Forging Contest, November 2008

2nd place in the Judge's Choice (Lateral Support Shoe)
3rd place in the Extended Heel Hind Shoe class
5th place in the Pair of Eggbar Shoes class
Part of the 4th place team in the Open Division Four-Man Draft Horse Shoeing class

Virginia Horseshoers Association Forging Contest, August 2008

Open Division Reserve Champion
1st place in the Journeyman Set of Shoes class
1st place in the Pair of Straight Bar Shoes class
3rd place in the Two-Man Striker clinic class

Maryland Farriers Association Forging Contest, May 2008

1st place in the Heartbar/Deep-Seated Straight Bar Pair of Shoes class
1st place in the Set of Concave Shoes class
2nd place in the Two-Man Roadster class (w/Chris Rudisil)
3rd place in the Journeyman Set of Shoes class

North Carolina Horseshoeing and Forging Contest, November 2007

Part of the 2nd place team in the Open Division Four-Man Draft Horse Shoeing class
Placed 4th out of a class of 16 in the Open Division Journeyman Shoe class

Virginia Horseshoeing Association’s Forging Contest, August 2007

Division II Champion
1st place in the Three-Heat Shoe class
1st place in the Journeyman Set of Shoes class
1st place in the Bar Shoe class

North Carolina Horseshoeing and Forging Contest, November 2006

1st place in the Division II Journeyman Shoe class
1st place in the Judge’s Choice class
3rd place in the Division II Eagle Eye class

Horseshoe Forging Video
Watch this video of Mike Poe, CJF, (onthe left) in the Two-Man Roadster horseshoe-making class with striking partner Chris Rudisil. This video was shot at the Maryland Farriers Association Forging Contest on May 18, 2008.