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John Craig

John Craig

John Craig is a published author, accomplished software developer and Stanford graduate with a Phd in Engineering. 

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John Craig has a Phd from Stanford in engineering. He is the author of “Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics & Control” which is a leading university textbook for the engineering field of robotics.  He has authored several papers related to robotics as well as equine biomechanics, and has chaired conference sessions on biomechanics and the connection between machines and the biomechanics of animals.  He has researched the hoof and shoeing systems for the past 20 years, and has been a speaker at the International Hoof Summit in Cincinnati, and other veterinary/farrier venues. He is the lead software developer for the Metron Imaging system used for digital radiography and other modalities in veterinary imaging.

Monique Craig

Monique Craig

Monique is a published author and carries a Computer Science Engineering degree with a minor in Mathematics and Physics. 

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Monique Craig has a degree in computer science engineering with a minor in mathematics and physics. She was aiming at a PhD in computational linguistics at Stanford, when she purchased her Holsteiner stallion – Smirnoff. His chronic hoof problems made her take a very different direction in her career. She became a professional farrier and concurrently developed the software Metron with her husband John Craig.  A few years later she invented the EponaShoe. Monique has spent many years researching, trimming and shoeing the hoof — as well as riding and training. Her research has been presented at several veterinary and farrier conferences and in various publications.  She  recently published a book: “A Modern Look at… The Hoof“.  She gives lectures in the USA and internationally. She has been a visiting scholar at CalPoly San Luis Obispo for the past eight years where she lectures in a biomechanics course for  pre-veterinarian students.

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Felix

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Elmer Jones

(EponaMind Educator)

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Elmer grew up in Santa Barbara. He started riding at the age of four and still rides to this day! Elmer started pulling shoes and trimming at the age of 18 years. He then went to farrier school at 22 years old. He started to shoe horses professionally since 1990. His clientele is very broad based – from Arabian horses, to racehorses, to draft horses (and everything in between). Elmer is comfortable shoeing with metal and composite shoes as well as barefoot trimming. Elmer has aimed to constantly learn from everyone in the industry. His trimming and shoeing philosophy is to keep it simple and help the capsule stay healthy. He treats every single horse as a single individual, he does not believe in formulaic trimming/shoeing. Elmer has been working at EponaMind for 4 years.

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Sarah Turowski

(EponaMind Educator and field consultant)

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Monique Craig

Gene Lelm (Retired)

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Gene started trimming and shoeing his own horses in the 70’s after high school. He apprenticed under a seasoned farrier for 2 years, then started shoeing on his own. Gene has been professionally shoeing since the late 70’s. Gene was working in Minnesota as a farrier until 2002, he moved to Nevada then to California still working as a farrier. Shoeing is a passion and a way of life for Gene. Gene has shod many different horse breeds from drafts to minis. Gene has shown and trained horses, paint quarter horses, appaloosas in reining, working trails and working cow horse. Horses are his passion. He came to EponaMind in 2009 and has worked with the EponaShoe and the trimming method since then (twelve years and counting). Gene is an excellent teacher. Gene’s main goal is to make horses comfortable and useable for a long time. Gene has expertise in metal shoes, composite shoes and barefoot trimming.
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Jack Knight

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Upon obtaining my GCSE qualificatons at my Liverpool home I completed the pre farriery course at Myerscough College in Preston and arranged a trial with Gavin Moody AWCF in Newmarket with a view to serving my apprenticeship under his stewardship. I moved to Newmarket age 17 to begin my apprenticeship. The college element of my training was undertaken at Myerscough College, Preston commencing in September 2019. Throughout my apprenticeship I worked alongside many farriers all of whom increased my knowledge and skills from handling and trimming youngstock , shoeing racehorses, handling veterinary cases and shoeing many different horses exhibiting varying conditions. I’ve always furthered my knowledge whether that be theoretically or practically and have demonstrated this throughout my life so far. I have been inspired to further my knowledge as I made a variety of different shoes as I assisted Mr Moody in gaining his AWCF. I forged different barshoes whilst learning their uses. I was also able to use my barshoes whilst assisting with treating two horses, one of whom was suffering from navicular disease and the other laminitis. This process allowed me to be tutored by Dr Simon Curtis FWCF as well as meeting other farriers as we developed our knowledge whilst attending lectures, competitions & BFBAs farrier focus.
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Sean Perreault

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Sean grew up in Connecticut. From a young age Sean was introduced to horses via riding and mucking stalls. Sean’s interest in horses briefly faded but after a while he realized that he missed them. During his break from horses he picked up blacksmithing. He decided that he could intermingle his love for horses with blacksmithing. Sean started an apprenticeship in shoeing at the tender age of 16 in 2006. Subsequently, he enrolled into farrier school in PA in 2010. He moved to Vermont where he apprenticed a second time for 3 years. After that he started his own business. Sean ended up moving to California and set up shop there. Sean likes working on draft horses and endurance horses but not exclusively. Sean is versatile with the use of composite shoes, steel shoes and also has knowledge with barefoot trimming. Sean has worked at EponaMind for last 3 years. He enjoys working with horses to help them have a better and healthier life.

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