In many countries, working horses largely l disappeared in the course of the 20th Century with the invention of the railways, electricity and the advent of the combustion engine. These changes have also meant that many of the once empirical skills of farriery have also been lost. Very few countries around the world have any form of formalised training in the art and science of farriery. 

 
Unfortunately, many nations possess any training structures for the farriery profession. Practice is largely based on intuition, and know-how is generally passed on from one generation to the next through oral and practical transmission. Knowledge of the anatomy of the horse’s hoof and shoe, knowledge of forging are practically non existent.  Yet, appropriate care to the hoof and correct shoeing are fundamentally important to the well-being and performance of both the working and performance equine. 

Scientific Horseshoeing’s goal is to promote the professional competencies of farriery in countries with obvious needs. In order to achieve its goals, the directors of Scientific Horseshoeing have historically organized courses on a one-off or on a regular basis. These clinics and courses often initiated initiates by local authorities and independent farriery organisations seeking to expand the knowledge of local farriers and hoof care professionals –

Our aim is that  education and self-improvement becomes self-sustaining at a local level with easy access to digital education that can be supplemented by on the job training and practical based clinic workshops. Scientific Horseshoeing also has longer-term ambitions, such as the creation of farriery training schemes that are accessible to all including emerging countries in the hope of increasing performance and equine welfare by improving the standards of farriery knowledge.