License requirements for farrier
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
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- Executive Department
- Text status
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- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
In addition to meeting the qualifications as set forth in section 4002.8 of this Part:
(a)an initial farrier's license may be issued to an applicant who:
(1)is at least 18 years of age;
(2)has served at least three years verified apprenticeship with a licensed farrier or, if possessing a valid certificate from a recognized farrier's school, two years of such apprenticeship (or equivalent experience acceptable to the commission);
(3)passes a written or oral examination, administered by the commission, consisting of questions on horse anatomy, particularly hoof and leg structure, lameness/disease of the hoof and leg, the types and uses of different shoes, and the procedures of shoeing; and
(4)passes a practical test to the commission's satisfaction consisting of shoeing a horse, including a fire test while observed by a designee of the commission, the State veterinarian and other persons duly designated by the commission.
(b)an initial farrier's license may also be issued to a farrier, licensed as such by another state, who has practiced at a race track in such other state for at least two years as certified by the stewards at such track, and who presents a statement by two licensed public trainers in this State that they will employ his or her services at the track;
(c)notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section, a licensed owner or licensed trainer may be certified by the commission to shoe only his or her own horses or only those horses trained by him or her if:
(1)he or she has been licensed as owner or trainer for at least four years; and
(2)he or she passes the written or oral examination for farriers prescribed in subdivision (a) of this section.