My goal is to provide you and your horses the quality and service that you expect and deserve.
- At every appointment I strive to provide:
- Professional Craftsmanship
- Reliability and Punctuality
- Excellent Horsemanship
- Clean and Courteous Service
Jess Kuwaye - Farrier. I learned to ride a horse (Baby Bull) when I was four years old and have been around horses and riding ever since.
I have had the opportunity to live in nine different states including Nebraska, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and Connecticut. Living in these different states has allowed me to experience a lot of different cultures, traditions, people and horses. Of course I enjoy anything that deals with horses, but I also like woodworking and being creative with architecture, drawing and art, which probably explains my Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History. I was a member of the University of Maryland football team (Go Terps!) so, naturally, football is my favorite sport. I have played soccer, baseball, raced BMX bikes, and ran track and field. In BMX racing, I was the Texas State Champion two years in a row and was the fastest 12 year old in the country at the ABA Gold Cup Champions race in 1987. In high school, I was a four-year letterman in track and field and a three-year letterman in football. Through my extensive athletic career, I was taught to be competitive and disciplined. Before becoming a farrier, I was in the retail loss prevention industry for approximately nine years. Five of those years were spent as a District Manager for a major retailer. Through this experience, I have been exposed to the intricacies of the business world, learning what it takes to be profitable and, most importantly, what is required in providing great customer service. How does all this apply to being your farrier? Being business-minded, competitive, disciplined and artistic helped me in graduating at the top of my class from the Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School. My time spent in Oklahoma was packed with a tremendous amount of experience, both personal and educational. Although going to a farrier school comprised just a short time in my life, my education continues as I attend seminars, lectures and conventions on a regular basis. As the industry is consistently changing and the techniques are being refined and improved, one could spend a lifetime learning and still have just scratched the surface of the amount of knowledge to be obtained as a farrier. I have had some very interesting experiences as a farrier. I have had the opportunity to work on what was once the tallest horse in the world (according to the Guinness B