Briefly, the legacy of horseshoeing was on display for all to see at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky.

In July of 1992, the museum honored farriers with a display called “They Shoe Horses, Don’t They?” Just over seven months later, however, the tribute was dismantled and the decades of farriers’ achievements became only memories for the thousands of visitors who enjoyed the display.

American Farriers Journal has secured the past, present, and future of the exhibition with the Special Report, “They Shoe Horses, Don’t They?” a 36-page photographic journey through the exhibit.

The report is devoted to documenting the achievements, tools, and farriers whose lives revolve around the treatment of the equine limb