Arizona State Farriers Association

08/31/2026

CHRIS MADRID the Money man himself is coming to Tucson, AZ for a tool maintenance clinic!!
Mark your calendars!!!

🗓️ October 23rd & 24th

Friday the 23rd will be a hands on clinic at Tyson Clark’s shop in Tucson ⚒️ Chris will be going over maintenance, fixing, building, etc … so bring your tongs, pritchels, stamps, any forging tools you’re looking to learn how to fix and keep tuned. *We will have details on cost coming out this next week*
Due to space this will have limited availability for the Friday Clinic 🔥

Saturday is planning to be a free clinic at Vaquero Feed & Supply in Tucson with Chris Madrid hosting clinician style for the day ⚒️

More details to follow next week - stay TuNeD 😎

08/27/2026

🎯 Preparing for AFA Certification? Start with the program designed to help you succeed!

The AFA Pre-Certification Program offers focused, standardized preparation aligned with the AFA Certification Program - and three clinics are coming up soon:

🗓️ September 18-19 in Utah.
Register here 👉 https://americanfarriers.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2080051&group=

🗓️ September 25-26 in Tennessee.
Register here 👉 https://americanfarriers.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2075391&group=

🗓️ September 26-27 in California.
Register here 👉 https://americanfarriers.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2069985&group=

🔨 AFA Chapters: Want to bring a Pre-Certification Clinic to your area? The program is customizable and designed to meet the specific needs of your candidates.

Contact Brian Strelow, CJF, TE, FE, EE for more information or fill in the online application 👉 https://americanfarriers.org/page/Pre-CertificationSponsorshipApplication

👀 Find out more about the AFA Pre-Certification Clinics https://americanfarriers.org/page/pre-certification-clinics

08/24/2026

American Farrier's Association

08/23/2026

📣 Forging & Educator Endorsement Updates for 2026!

The AFA's Forging Endorsement (FE) and Educator Endorsement (EE) programs have been updated, with changes to certain FE requirements and greater flexibility in the EE timeline.

Key updates include:

🔨 A revised word- count requirement for the FE written article
🔨 Six required shoes in the FE specimen display, with an updated shoe list
🔨 The current AFA Convention Roadster Class shoe for the forging demonstration
🎓 EE candidates may now begin the process at any time during the year, with deadlines based on their individual start date.

Candidates - and anyone considering pursuing an endorsement - are encouraged to review the complete updated guidelines and syllabus before beginning the process.

Learn more and view the latest Endorsement information here 👉 https://americanfarriers.org/page/certification

08/21/2026

08/17/2026

STAY TUNED for an ANNOUNCEMENT for OCTOBER 23rd & 24th in ARIZONA 🏜️

You’ll want to mark your calendars 🗓️ 😏

08/17/2026

‼️In regards to the Cody Gregory dissection Clinic on Saturday, November 14th in Norco, CA it will just be the dissection clinic! There was discussion of an AFA certification the same weekend, this is now being moved to January
IF you attend the dissection clinic The Hoof Lab will kindly waive your host fee for the cert in January 😎