Video: English Farrier Steven Beane Crosses Ocean to Judge 2013 Canadian Horseshoeing Championships

 




Those nice people up in Canada are at it again. Canadian farrier competitors are setting a world record for media support this year, and it's all been good news. The latest is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interview with four-time World Champion Steven Beane of Yorkshire, England, who is in Canada this weekend to judge their national championship in Calgary.















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Calgary Stampede World Championship Blacksmiths: View the Live Video Feed on the Hoof Blog

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There is some sort of a scoring problem and, as of Saturday night, the top ten for the live shoeing had not been announced. The competitors don't even know how they're doing!
England's Steven Beane, World Champion of 2009 and 2010 was off to a good start, winning two of the first three classes and finishing second in the other, before the scoring

Olympic Test Event: London 2012 Will Bring a Country Sport to the City

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London's preparing! The host city for the 2012 Olympics is running an equestrian "test event" over the inner-city park that will be home to all the equestrian events next summer during the Games. Photo by Ollie O'Brien.
The Olympics began this week in London. Not really, it was just the test event to