Patrick Reilly has held the position of chief of farrier services at the University of Pennsylvania’s (UPenn) School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center since 2006. He also serves as director of the applied polymer research laboratory, which is dedicated to investigation of materials suitable for equine orthotics, and curator of the UPenn Podological Museum, which is a collection of horseshoes and hoof specimens describing hoof care from the 18th century to the present. Reilly is also a student at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College, where he’s pursing a graduate degree in equine locomotor research.