Eric Billingsley, CF

Born in Blair, Nebraska, Eric has been shoeing horses professionally since 1990. He learned the trade from his father, who taught horseshoeing at the Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School. By age 11, Eric had passed a 2-week horseshoeing school. Eric and his family worked at various horse racing tracks, where he shod and exercised horses until age 18. He later apprenticed under horseshoer John MacKenzie for 2 years. In 1998, Eric won the Four Corners Shoeing Contest which consisted of making various shoes and shoeing a horse. (Source)