Wyoming Professional Farriers Association

10/03/2024

Our friends to the south would like to invite anyone of any skill level to attend this great clinic!

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July! We hope you all have a wonderful day.

06/23/2024

We had a great little contest and meeting this weekend! A special thank you to the Gable family for hosting and to Greg Marshall for being our judge! The meeting and elections went well!

President: Jerry Protsman
Vice President: Tate Anderson
Secretary/ Treasure: James Cushman
Board Members: Kyd Kelly, Skyler Erickson, John Foos, Michael Diggins

IFF Board Members: Darren Greer, Ray Hahn,
Quint Gonzales, Travis Greer, Andy Hall

Thank you to everyone who showed up and volunteered to help keep this great association alive!

06/19/2024

Only 3 more days! Look forward to seeing everyone!

If you are going to be coming to this next weekend, please let me know in the comments of this post. Thanks.
Also, if you are interested in being a board member or officer, please let me know as well.

WPFA Forge In and Elections

June 22nd at 8:30 a.m.

Adam Gable's Shop
66 Davis Tee
Sheridan, WY 82801

Join us for a fun Forge In/Fitting Contest and electing of new officers.

We will start the morning off with some forging. Deep seated front shoe and a front plain stamped shoe fit to a pattern. All shoes will be 3/8×3/4. Fit center of stock to a pattern. Appropriate nail, doesnt have to be a MX 50. The test is knowing your measurements. 60 minutes for novice , 50 minutes for open. You will get a random pattern and you have to fit it. Please bring your rig, some 3/8×3/4 steel and some front foot patterns appropriate for 3/8×3/4 stock. HAMMER FINISHED

After some forging we will go grab some lunch at Killys and then back to the shop for a general meeting and Elections.

Hope to see you there.
Adam Gable 307-751-3938

06/15/2024

If you are going to be coming to this next weekend, please let me know in the comments of this post. Thanks.
Also, if you are interested in being a board member or officer, please let me know as well.

WPFA Forge In and Elections

June 22nd at 8:30 a.m.

Adam Gable's Shop
66 Davis Tee
Sheridan, WY 82801

Join us for a fun Forge In/Fitting Contest and electing of new officers.

We will start the morning off with some forging. Deep seated front shoe and a front plain stamped shoe fit to a pattern. All shoes will be 3/8×3/4. Fit center of stock to a pattern. Appropriate nail, doesnt have to be a MX 50. The test is knowing your measurements. 60 minutes for novice , 50 minutes for open. You will get a random pattern and you have to fit it. Please bring your rig, some 3/8×3/4 steel and some front foot patterns appropriate for 3/8×3/4 stock. HAMMER FINISHED

After some forging we will go grab some lunch at Killys and then back to the shop for a general meeting and Elections.

Hope to see you there.
Adam Gable 307-751-3938

05/31/2024

Good Morning,
I hope this post answers any and all questions for the contest on the 22nd. Sorry for the long post.
June 22nd - 8:30 a.m.

Open and Novice Class -
Deep Seated Front - Toe Clipped
Plain Stamp Front - No Clip

Open - 50 min.
Novice - 60 min

Both shoes will be fit to the same pattern. Pattern will be given to you by the judge. Fit is perimeter to the quarters and expansion is center of stock. Boxed and safed appropriately. AFA specs.

Score Sheets - scored 1-5
Deep Seated Front -
- Nail Fit
- Nail hole location and exit depth
- Deep Seating
- Clip
- Flat
- Fit
- Expansion
- Forging and Finish

Plain Stamp Front - scored 1-5
- Nail Fit
- Nail hole location and exit depth
- Flat
- Fit
- Expansion
- Forging and Finish

Please bring 3/8×3/4 steel and a couple front patterns appropriate for 3/8×3/4.
Plenty of room to set up a few rigs and if it rains 3" like last year, we will figure it out.

Novice will go first and then Open.

If you need anything else, or if I am missing anything, please let me know.
Adam Gable - 307-751-3938

05/28/2024

Some information for our upcoming election on June 22nd.

Greg Marshall CPA will be judging the shoes in the morning. Greg is a local farrier turned certified public accountant. He is a big supporter of the association and is really looking forward to judging our work. We are excited to have him!

If you are interested in being a board member or an officer please let us know. We need to fill two board position, and three officer positions.

Memberships and Injured Farrier Fund dues can be paid at the meeting as well.

I will get some more information out about the shoes later this week that have been asked over the past weekend.

Have a great week!

Adam Gable - 307-751-3938

05/27/2024

05/22/2024

WPFA Forge In and Elections

June 22nd at 8:30 a.m.

Adam Gable's Shop
66 Davis Tee
Sheridan, WY 82801

Join us for a fun Forge In/Fitting Contest and electing of new officers.

We will start the morning off with some forging. Deep seated front shoe and a front plain stamped shoe fit to a pattern. All shoes will be 3/8×3/4. Fit center of stock to a pattern. Appropriate nail, doesnt have to be a MX 50. The test is knowing your measurements. 60 minutes for novice , 50 minutes for open. You will get a random pattern and you have to fit it. Please bring your rig, some 3/8×3/4 steel and some front foot patterns appropriate for 3/8×3/4 stock. HAMMER FINISHED

After some forging we will go grab some lunch at Killys and then back to the shop for a general meeting and Elections.

Hope to see you there.
Adam Gable 307-751-3938

05/02/2024

What a great turn out last weekend! Thank you to all who came and helped!

04/24/2024

Here is a map of Sheridan College, the farrier science barn is in the South East corner.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday.
The barn will be open at 10 and we will get going at noon.
Safe Travels.

04/22/2024

Only 4 more days! Can’t wait to see everyone!
I wanted to go over a few things for the upcoming Certification and add on to the information that we have already provided.

- We will have the farrier barn open about 10:00 a.m.

- The Days Inn is close to the college , reasonable, and walking to distance to a couple restaurants.

- Certification is full for practical horses right now. I have a waiting list as of right now. You are more than welcome to register for the written and forging practicals.

- Sheridan College has a great farrier barn. Stations are available, so that all you have to do is show up with your hand tools. 100 lb Scott Anvils, Whisper Momma Forges, and Gene Leiser Vices. Forges are natural gas.
Stations are free to use and you do not need to reserve one.

- If you want to use your own station it has to be freestanding to fit in the barn.

- We will get going at noon on Friday, April 26th.

- WPFA Site Fee is $150.00 - cash or check please. No online payment at this time.

- A college waiver needs to be signed immediately upon arrival.

- Safety Glasses must be worn in the barn.

- Please make sure you have your partial paperwork if you have tested for a portion.

04/20/2024

I hope everyone is having a great day!
I wanted to go over a few things for the upcoming Certification and add on to the information that we have already provided.

- We will have the farrier barn open about 10:00 a.m.

- The Days Inn is close to the college , reasonable, and walking to distance to a couple restaurants.

- Certification is full for practical horses right now. I have a waiting list as of right now. You are more than welcome to register for the written and forging practicals.

- Sheridan College has a great farrier barn. Stations are available, so that all you have to do is show up with your hand tools. 100 lb Scott Anvils, Whisper Momma Forges, and Gene Leiser Vices. Forges are natural gas.
Stations are free to use and you do not need to reserve one.

- If you want to use your own station it has to be freestanding to fit in the barn.

- We will get going at noon on Friday, April 26th.

- WPFA Site Fee is $150.00 - cash or check please. No online payment at this time.

- A college waiver needs to be signed immediately upon arrival.

- Safety Glasses must be worn in the barn.

- Please make sure you have your partial paperwork if you have tested for a portion.

04/08/2024

Great Information!

We have a new Quick Tip up on YouTube. Thoughts on Toe Bends. Click on the link to go there.

https://youtu.be/mCQig4-22Mo?si=tCL4q4jc1zQzMIP5

04/07/2024

Good morning! The AFA Certification is coming up quickly you won’t want to miss it! Hope to see you there!

I hope everyone is having a great day!
I wanted to go over a few things for the upcoming Certification and add on to the information that we have already provided.

- The Days Inn is close to the college , reasonable, and walking to distance to a couple restaurants.

- Certification is full for practical horses right now. I have a waiting list as of right now. You are more than welcome to register for the written and forging practicals.

- Sheridan College has a great farrier barn. Stations are available, so that all you have to do is show up with your hand tools. 100 lb Scott Anvils, Whisper Momma Forges, and Gene Leiser Vices. Forges are natural gas.
Stations are free to use and you do not need to reserve one.

- If you want to use your own station it has to be freestanding to fit in the barn.

- We will get going at noon on Friday, April 26th.

- WPFA Site Fee is $150.00 - cash or check please. No online payment at this time.

- A college waiver needs to be signed immediately upon arrival.

- Safety Glasses must be worn in the barn.

- Please make sure you have your partial paperwork if you have tested for a portion.

04/04/2024

I hope everyone is having a great day!
I wanted to go over a few things for the upcoming Certification and add on to the information that we have already provided.

- The Days Inn is close to the college , reasonable, and walking to distance to a couple restaurants.

- Certification is full for practical horses right now. I have a waiting list as of right now. You are more than welcome to register for the written and forging practicals.

- Sheridan College has a great farrier barn. Stations are available, so that all you have to do is show up with your hand tools. 100 lb Scott Anvils, Whisper Momma Forges, and Gene Leiser Vices. Forges are natural gas.
Stations are free to use and you do not need to reserve one.

- If you want to use your own station it has to be freestanding to fit in the barn.

- We will get going at noon on Friday, April 26th.

- WPFA Site Fee is $150.00 - cash or check please. No online payment at this time.

- A college waiver needs to be signed immediately upon arrival.

- Safety Glasses must be worn in the barn.

- Please make sure you have your partial paperwork if you have tested for a portion.

03/23/2024

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday!
I wanted to go over a few things for the upcoming Certification.

- Sheridan College has a great farrier barn. Stations are available, so that all you have to do is show up with your hand tools. 100 lb Scott Anvils, Whisper Momma Forges, and Gene Leiser Vices. Forges are natural gas.

- If you want to use your own station it has to be freestanding to fit in the barn.

- We will get going at noon on Friday, April 26th.

- WPFA Site Fee is $150.00 - cash or check please. No online payment at this time.

- A college waiver needs to be signed immediately upon arrival.

- Safety Glasses must be worn in the barn.

- Please make sure you have your partial paperwork if you have tested for a portion.

03/20/2024

It will be here before we know it, join us for an AFA Certification, April 26th and 27th!

03/11/2024

AFA Certification coming soon. April 26th and 27th

03/03/2024

Thank you to everyone that attended our clinic in Powell WY, this weekend. It was great to see so many students there.

02/29/2024

You won’t want to miss our Spring Clinic. It is quickly approaching! See you soon

02/29/2024

We want to thank everyone who participated in the WPFA mail-in shoe contest! Congratulations to the winners-here are the results:

OPEN
1- Ray Hahn
2- Adam Gable
3- Aaron Krieg
4- Troy Ehrmantraut
5- Jake Stonefield
6- Juan Berumen
7- Tim Corbett

INTERMEDIATE
1-Tim Corbett
2-Brennan Townsend
3-Michael Diggins
4-Marshall Smith
5-Noah Babcock
6-Norb Lorenzen
7-Tate Anderson
8-Darren Greer
9-Andy Hall
10-James Cushman
11-Maryline Babcock
12-Vay Jensen

NOVICE
1-Travis Greer
2-Vay Jensen
3-Cameron Monasmith
4-Alexis Fairbank
5-Maryline Babcock

WINNER OF THE TROY EHRMANTRAUT TONGS IS MARYLINE BABCOCK!

02/28/2024

Today is the day that we will be going live to announce the winners of the mail in show contest! Join today @3:45