Santana and I trail riding at Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD

I began riding horses in 1999 while living in Austin, Texas.  My first riding experiences was in East Texas, hunting and trapping wild bores on my horse Old Gray.  

In 2000, I returned home to Maryland and purchased my 2nd horse Santana.  I spent most of my evenings and weekends riding on local farm land and on the C&O canal.  At this time I decided to pursue a career where I could work with horses so I went to Horseshoeing School. 

 In 2001 I graduated from the Maryland Horseshoeing School and became certified by the Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association.  My first apprenticeship was at Charles Town Race Track (Charles Town, WV) were I recieved a track shoeing license.  From 2002-2005 I apprenticed under well respected farrier Dick Davis, CJF of Maryland.  In 2006, I became certified by the American Farriers Association.  That year I received the ‘2006 High Points Certified Practical Exam award’.  In 2007, I became certified by the Guild of Professional Farriers Association. 

In 2008, I married my wonderful wife Katie Grimm.  We enjoy living in the mountains, where we currently reside with our two dogs (Roxy and Baron) and two cats (Ginger and Chloe).