2017
Friday, April 21st
Meader's will be hosting the SNEFA Shoeing competition on Friday, April 21st. Stop by and watch the competition. This is free to attend if you are not competing!
Saturday, April 22nd
Annual Farrier Appreciation Day
We welcome you to attend our 28th Annual Farrier Appreciation Day.
This event is free to attend and we welcome you to bring your families along as well.
Join us at 8 am for registration, free coffee and donuts, and take some time to visit with vendors.
Free lunch will also be available at noon! Please click here to register for the day and help us plan for food, seating and freebies!
All pre-orders (these orders need to be picked up at the farm either Friday or Saturday) for product sent in by April 1st will receive 12%off if paying with cash or check, credit card is 10%off. Pre-orders must be paid for by April 15th unless paying with cash.
By pre-ordering you can avoid having any back orders. We can't make this same guarantee on the day of the event due to extremely high order volume. Pre-orders will be packaged up and waiting for you in the red hay barn out back.
Pre-orders placed in store or after April 1st qualify for 10%off with cash or check, credit card is 8%. Some exclusions do apply to larger items: ie, anvils. This items can not be picked up until the event.
No orders to be picked up in the barn will be accepted the week of farrier's day. Please plan ahead so we can ensure your products are available and packed for you. Orders will be shrink wrapped on a pallet for your convenience unless you specify otherwise.
Rusty Suher, from Purina will be on hand to discuss feeding for optimum hoof quality and to field questions.
Conrad Trow will be presenting a PowerPoint on shoeing the hind end of a sport horse followed by a shoeing demonstration and Q and A.
Conrad Trow, CJF has been shoeing since 1996 after graduating from Kentucky Horseshoeing School and returning to
South Africa where he served an apprenticeship under Andrew Timm. In 1999 he returned to KHS as a full-time instructor for
two years. He then taught part-time while establishing his own business in the Louisville area where he currently shoes eventers,
dressage horses, jumpers, racehorses and a few show hunters.
When working at KHS Conrad started competing nationally and went on to earn
numerous awards including winning the National Forging and Horseshoeing Competition’s 2 Person Draft Class 4 years in a row with his draft partner Craig Trnka, CJF.
In 2007 he was a member of the American Farriers Team and with his teammates won
the Draft Shoeing Class at the World Championships in Calgary.
Conrad served for 6 years as the AFT manager during which time he enjoyed getting
to know many great farrier competitors and passing down knowledge that he has
gained to new team members. In the last few years he has been in high demand as a
clinician in the US and Europe.
When Conrad is not working, competing, or giving clinics he enjoys time on his
farm with his wife, Crosby.
Click here to see the official event flyer.
April 21st, 22nd, & 23rd- 2016
Meader's is excited to announce our 27th annual Farrier's Day Event for 2016. This years clinic is sponsored by the AAPF/IAPF and the educational partners. Clinicians Roy Bloom and Tom Willoughby will be joining us for 3 DAYS!
It is NOT the last Saturday in April as it has been in the past! We are too excited and just could not wait that long! Hopefully you all agree!
Please be sure to click the ticket URL above to select your free shirt size and to let us know you will be attending so that we can get enough food
All pre-orders (these orders need to be picked up at the farm during the three day event) for product sent in by April 1st will receive 12%off if paying with cash or check, credit card is 10%off. If you would like a pre-order packet please email meader@meadersupply.com and let us know. If you already know what you need you may also email orders in to meader@meadersupply.com. By pre-ordering you can avoid having any back orders. We can't make this same guarantee on the day of the event due to extremely high order volume.
Pre-orders placed in store or after April 1st qualify for 10%off with cash or check, credit card is 8%. Some exclusions do apply to larger items: ie, anvils. This items can not be picked up until the event.
SNEFA (Southern New England Farrier's Association) will be joining us to kick off our three day event with their Spring shoeing competition. The AAPF/IAPF has agreed to sponsor the judges for this clinic, Roy Bloom and Tom Willoughby. The shoeing competition will be held on Thursday, April 21st.
For information about registering for the competition please visit the SNEFA website by clicking on this link http://www.snefa.org/
Spectators are very welcome and may watch at no charge. This is a great learning experience for anyone that may be interested in competing at a later date but are not sure they are ready.
The class list is listed below:
Big Blu will be joining us on Friday, April 22nd for a fun filled day dedicated to blacksmithing with Roy Bloom and Tom Willoughby. We can't believe you haven't heard of these legendary guys but, if you haven't, feel free to look them up on Facebook. They will not dissapoint!
Saturday, April 23rd is our annual Farrier Appreciation Day. The day is filled with clinics that will be led by Roy and Tom as well as dozens of vendors, freebies, doorprizes, raffles, and a silent auction to benefit the AAPF/IAPF Farrier Assistance Program. Vendors will also have a chance to demo new and exciting products!!
All three days, Thursday the 21st, Friday the 22nd, and Saturday the 23rd are FREE to attend thanks to the education partners of the AAPF/IAPF. Meader's is proud to be one of these partners!
Free Coffee and Donuts will be provided as well as lunch for all three days. Free T-shirts, goody bags, and thanks to Exim Rasps each person in attendance will receive one of their newly revamped MaxCut Rasps.
We have a number of rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn Express located on Rte 11 in Rochester, NH. 03867 only minutes from the farm. They can be reached at 603-994-1175, room rates are $69 a night.
If you have any questions or are looking for some extra information please do not hesitate to call or email us here at Meader's and we would be happy to assist you. 1-800-446-7737.
Farrier's day 2015 was the largest farrier event to date... 2016 will be nothing less. Check back soon to see the details!
26th
Annual Farrier Appreciation Day
Annual Farrier Appreciation DaySaturday, April 25, 2015
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who helped to make this year's Farrier Appreciation Day such a huge success! We had beautiful sunny weather for the day, and were pleased to welcome about 200 people to our event! This year, a large tent outside was used for the trade show area, the silent auction, door prizes, as well as the food. This left the whole mechanics bay area for the clinic and a large clearance section. It also kept the store area a little less crowded for those shopping to take advantage of the store-wide discount that day.
We had a great selection of items for our Silent Auction. All proceeds were given to the AAPF/CAPF (American & Canadian Associations of Professional Farriers) Farrier Assistance Program, which helps AAPF/CAPF Farrier members during times of illness or injury. We were pleased to be able to raise over $2000 for this cause! Thank you to everyone who contributed!
The AAPF/CAPF (American & Canadian Associations of Professional Farriers) was our sponsor this year for the clinic. Bob Pethick and Dave Dawson were our clinicians, and we heard some excellent feedback from the attendees. Bob and Dave gave some very informative and interesting clinics in the morning and then shod a horse in the afternoon.
It was a great day. Thank you to everyone who attended. If you were not able to come, make plans to join us next year on the last Saturday in April!