Expert Instructors
All of our instructors have experience as full time professional farriers. Their years of experience running a business and supporting their families by shoeing horses puts them in a position to not only help you learn the skills to shoe horses, but also to provide the broader knowledge useful in building a more successful business!
Bob Smith
Founder of Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School and Professional Farrier
An award winning educator who previously ran a very successful horseshoeing practice in the Sacramento, California area. Clients included winning Grand Prix jumpers on the professional circuit, Medal winning dressage horses, winners of Snaffle Bit Futurities in Reno, Oregon and Idaho, Cutting horses competing at Fort Worth, Texas, endurance horses competing in the Tevis Cup 100 mile race as well as many trail and pleasure horses. This broad experience at the top of each discipline ensures you will not receive a one size fits all type of shoeing education, but specific insights and tips that you will find useful across disciplines.
Graduate studies in Farrier Science with Dr. Doug Butler at Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas. A graduate of California State University at Sacramento. A Vietnam era veteran. Maintains the feet of the hoofed animals at the San Francisco Zoo.
Awarded numerous honors for both his skill as a farrier and as an educator, including his induction, in 2010, into the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, KY. Bob has also authored many articles published in leading equine magazines such as Practical Horseman and Dressage Today. Bob is the author of the International Farrier’s Association’s Foundation Credential Manual, the Hunter/Jumper Manual and the Dressage Manual.
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Jonathan Lambert, APF-1
Instructor
Jonathan passion for horses started at age fourteen when his family acquired their first horse. His time around horses began by riding cutting horses for fun but it soon became a lifestyle. By the time he was in his twenties, Jonathan was breaking colts and roping at brandings. He has a way with horses, he patient and thoughtful. He has always enjoyed being around horses but in 2005 he kickstarted his farrier career by attending Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School. As well as enjoying the horse side when attending the school, he discovered his love of forging. He has since spent the past several years expanding his knowledge of forging and metal craft. Today, Jonathan is dedicated to teaching forging skills at the school and forging at home in his blacksmith shop. He also takes time at the jeweler’s bench, engraving and creating unique jewelry. Jonathan prides himself on giving each student the time and attention they deserve. Jonathan cares about the tools of the trade and he specializes in hand making farrier tools.
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Amanda Smith, CF, IAPF-1, CEBMS
Instructor
Born in Costa Rica and raised in Switzerland, Amanda Smith moved to California in 2017. She is currently the owner-operator of Smith Family Horseshoeing LLC, which serves approximately 200 horses in the greater Sacramento and Gold County areas, and is an American Farrier’s Association Certified Farrier (CF), an International Association of Professional Farriers Accredited Farrier (APF-I), and a Certified Equine Behavior and Management Specialist (CEBMS).
Amanda is the author of the International Association of Professional Farriers “Equine Behavior Credential”, for which she received the IAPF Board of Directors Award for recognized service to the farrier industry, and is serving as Secretary on the Western State’s Farrier’s Association’s Board of Directors.
She is an active member of the American Farrier's Association, Western States Farriers Association, International Association of Professional Farriers, and the American Society of Animal Science.
Amanda speaks Italian, Spanish, French and English.