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About Olsen Equine

Lee Olsen, CJF is a hoof care specialist that helps equine athletes achieve and maintain peak performance through therapeutic shoeing and equipping horse owners and farriers with valuable educational resources. At Olsen Equine, its’ our passion to equip horse owners and farriers with valuable hoof care skills and knowledge. How can we be of help to you? 

 

Lee Olsen, CJF

I’m Lee Olsen, 37 years old and live near Brock, TX with my wife and family. I’ve been a horseman at heart for as long as I can remember, and I’m grateful to be able to live out that dream each day in my career.

I grew up on a cattle ranch in western South Dakota, where I learned to understand the meaning of dedication and hard work. My love of horses transformed to rodeoing and training horses. 

After obtaining my certification as an industrial electrician in 2007, I continued rodeoing and training horses. Qualifying for the PRCA Badlands Circuit Finals twice in the team roping, winning Badlands Rookie of the Year in 2005. Since then, I have been mainly focusing on the farrier industry.

In 2008, I married the love of my life, Jamie Olsen. Together we moved to Texas in 2010. We had our first son, Trace, in 2012, and our second son Eli was born in 2020. We love being able to ranch and rodeo together as a family. Jamie is a Nurse Practitioner and rodeos professionally. She is currently chasing the barrel racing rookie of the year in the PRCA. 

Jamie and I enjoy team roping together, and we attend some of the biggest ropings across Texas and the US.

As we put down roots in Texas, my farrier business began to grow. I earned my AFA Certified Journeyman Farrier Certification and formed Olsen Equine. Olsen Equine is a multi-farrier practice and offers a four-year apprenticeship, complete with a state-of-the-art climate-controlled farrier shop. My business has become an industry leader for equine education, offering online resources and educational clinics across the country for both farriers and horse owners.

My passions show through in all aspects of my work and life, from being a farrier, a horseman, a husband and father, to helping people be successful in all areas of their life.

Lee, Jamie, Trace & Eli Olsen

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Proverbs 27:17

My Personal Opinions on Hoof Care

I believe that barefoot is the best way to go if your horse can handle it. Not all horses can handle being barefoot, however, which is why shoeing can be a necessity in caring for your equine athlete. If a horse does need to be shod, most likely that is for protection, performance, a soundness issue, or conformational defects. The good news is that there is usually a winning combination the horse can be accommodated by. In these cases, I recommend pulling the shoes and trimming if the horse has down time throughout the year.

 

I believe that shoeing is something that should be kept as simple as possible. Shoeing should compliment the foot and be a continuation of it. There are some life-changing developments in the industry today that allow us to save horses that we normally wouldn’t have been able to. As with anything, there are gimmicks and fads out there also. I believe that being open to better ways of doing things and accepting help from others is a great way to do anything in life. With all the different styles of shoeing and trimming, I think that an open-minded approach will take you a long ways. God Bless America.

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Based on 26 reviews
Tiffany Cox
Tiffany Cox
May 31, 2022.
Lee and his crew are absolutely amazing! They are completely professional and highly knowledgeable. I have a 1D barrel horse who had surgery four years ago. He has never been 100% sound since that time. I have had several farriers work on him unsuccessfully. Lee designed shoes for him based on his radiographs, watching him travel evaluating how he tracked and hit the ground. In two shoeing cycles my horse is 100% sound and feels fantastic!!! I am SO happy with my experience and highly recommend Lee and his crew at Olsen Equine CJF!!
britta strain
britta strain
May 30, 2022.
Been coming here for a couple months now & Lee Olsen has really helped turn my horses feet around! He works with my schedule to keep my horses on track & their feet are looking great. Highly recommend their work.
Jennifer Sanders
Jennifer Sanders
December 13, 2021.
I can’t say anything, but great things about ALL of the guys at Olsen Equine. Lee has done amazing things with our gelding (and our other two mares) when everyone else was quick to give up on him. He literally takes pride in his work, if it is watching a run on video to see how he can help, watching a horse move, or phone calls with the vet to get a plan on an injury. He is always eager to help in any way. Top notch facility with a top notch staff.
Tina Svajda
Tina Svajda
December 1, 2021.
If I were able to provide Lee Olsen, CJF and his staff a 10 plus I most certainly would!! I have a 22 yr old Arabian who began showing early signs of laminitis & foundering. Our amazing vet, Dr Amanda Lawson of Trinity Equine, recommended that we pay a visit to Lee Olson, CJF at Olsein Equine for specialized treatment. LEE Is remarkable!! He evaluated Skye and established a treatment for her including padding the bottom of her hooves, using a metal shield to protect the padding and frog; and using Glue on horseshoes to avoid injuring her tender feet! We saw an immediate difference in her step and her temperament! It was amazing! We are so blessed that Lee was introduced into our lives and family. These shoes not only have given Skye quality of life again,they have lasted For several weeks without fail!! If you need assistance with your family member Lee is your man! His compassion and love for these magical creatures show in his actions and his work!
Blondie Lee
Blondie Lee
July 12, 2021.
What a great staff and shoe job! Kind, courteous and professional. Thank you Olsen Equine!
Stacey Sontag-Turner
Stacey Sontag-Turner
April 10, 2021.
I highly recommend Olsen Equine if you need and want the best for your horses.
Sean Tom
Sean Tom
February 5, 2021.
Friendly staff and first rate service
Josh M
Josh M
September 9, 2020.
Very knowledgeable and master of his craft. Takes the time and patience to let you know what he is doing with your horse (laminitic in our case). Very caring which goes a long way in my opinion. Top notch!!!
Jason Miller
Jason Miller
January 21, 2020.
These guys are the best in my books supper nice facility very professional and polite I took lee a horse that was getting sore on his front feet he worked closely with my vet and went above and beyond to correct the problem the horse is working great thank you
Samantha Baker
Samantha Baker
January 2, 2020.
Really amazing farrier, takes his time & truly is an expert in his profession. Easy access, large enough for a big rig to turn around, AC/heat, has great apprentices, always offers water bottles & has a restroom. Highly recommend for any performance horses

Olsen Equine Team

Kelton Harris, CJF

Kelton Harris, CJF

Certified Journeyman Farrier

  • No Previous Shoeing History
  • Olsen Equine Summer Clinic in 2019
  • Start Date: August 1, 2019
  • Passed Certified Farrier: January 11, 2020
  • Passed Certified Journeyman Farrier: October 2, 2021
  • Future goals: Work towards achieving my Therapeutic Endorsement from the AFA while at Olsen Equine
I’m Kelton Harris and I’m 21 years old. I am originally from Hot Springs, SD but moved to Brock TX about 3 years ago to start my apprenticeship at Olsen Equine.
I’ve grown up around horses and the western way of life, but never was hooked on one aspect until I signed up for a horse shoing clinic that Lee was holding in SD. With NO previous shoing experience, I had spoke with him about applying for his apprenticeship program and the rest is history.
I had moved down to TX and in just five short months after starting my apprenticeship I had obtained my CF, and continued my education for another year and a half to obtain my CJF. Since then I’ve competed in various forging competitions, winning overall and high point in the TPFA forging contest Div 1.
I am currently working towards getting my Therapeutic Endorsement, as well as practicing for upcoming forging competitions such as the AFA Nation Conventions Forging competition, World Championship Blacksmith competitions, and the TPFA Forging competition.
Jeb Hunt, CJF

Jeb Hunt, CJF

Certified Journeyman Farrier

  • No Previous Shoeing History
  • Olsen Equine Summer Clinics in 2017 & 2020
  • Start Date: September 18th, 2020
  • Passed Certified Farrier: October 16th, 2021
  • Passed Certified Journeyman Farrier: June 25th, 2022
I’m Jeb Hunt, and I live at Olsen Equine currently as part of my apprenticeship. I am 25 years old and am 2 years into my apprenticeship and recently just passed my CJF.
I grew up on a ranch around Faith, SD with my family, who raise around 80 head of registered quarter horses a year and have an annual production sale every year for the last 30 years and run a good sized cow/calf operation as well.
After I graduated from high school in 2016 I decided college was not for me so I stayed on the ranch for 4 years helping take care of the place as well as my grandfather. During that time I attended the Western College Of Auctioneering in Billings, MT for 2 weeks to get my certification in that. After working in a sale barn for two years I decided that wasn’t really for me and decided to attend my second Olsen Equine hoof care clinic in the summer of 2020 and shortly after Lee approached me with an offer to become an apprentice for him in Texas.
After my apprenticeship I’d like to move back up north and provide good hoof care for horses there and still be involved with my family operation as well.
My other hobbies while I’m here in Texas are becoming a better horsemen and roper as well.

Graduated:

Tyler Robinson

Tyler Robinson

Certified Journeyman Farrier

  • No Previous Shoeing History
  • Olsen Equine Summer Clinic 2017
  • Start Date: January 2018
  • Passed Certified Farrier: January 2019
  • Passed Certified Journeyman Farrier: June 2020
Hi, I’m Tyler Robinson. Being born in 1998 making me a sharp 24 year old! I am currently outside of Tampa, Florida. I was born and raised in Montana, ranching to farming and then roping any chance I could get. As soon as I graduated high school I immediately hit the road for TEXAS! I never really knew what I was doing besides going to the best location in the world to rope. Rodeo was a huge idol for me at that time. After a year in college I went to one of Lee’s clinics up north and ended up practicing on all of my family’s horses while I was home for the summer. Was blessed to be going to school within an hour of where the Olsens lived so on the days I wasn’t going to school or rodeoing I would work over with Lee. He gave me the apprenticeship opportunity and I ended up taking 2 months of steadily working with him before I gave the okay that I would commit. Something like that is a large commitment on both ends and people nowadays take no care in the world for their “word”. I never finished college and moved out to the Olsen’s in their barn apartment. I sold all my horses and really dropped everything to become as good as I could as fast as I could in the farrier world.
Lee is one of the best mentors, teachers, and simply person to learn from/be around. The Olsens are every bit of family to me. We ended up getting my Certified Journeyman a little longer than two years. A big accomplishment with a lot of learning. I would always remember Lee saying, “If you’re getting frustrated then it means you’re learning”. I was DEFINITELY learning!
Then as everything was rolling in my farrier world I ended up growing extremely close to Jesus and built a relationship with Him. (Before I just knew about Him and was always scared about where I would end up after death.) Praise God I now KNOW Him and quit running from something I knew I was supposed to be doing since I was just a lil kid. God put it deep in my heart at a young age to preach His Word around the World and share the fire of God to light up all of the dead religious churches. God is real, His Power is real, and He wants to show you Him! With everything being said.. I ended up moving to Florida with an entire God story, which would last all night, to be attending Bible school for a year before fully going out into the world 100%. I have already been blessed to be able to preach a couple times and know I will be even more before school is over.
I will still be shoeing horses down here but not as a priority. I am building a limited clientele to serve them best while I attend school. It is a skill I’ve been blessed to learn and exceed at but know that in the future it will be fully laid down to go full blast in the ministry of the Gospel. Before Lee’s apprenticeship I came in quiet, insecure, and not great at talking in big social settings. Lee has played an even bigger role than teaching me to shoe horses. He was used as a great tool of God to build me into who I said I couldn’t become. He prepared me without knowing it to be who God needed me to be. Remember, God didn’t give you your purpose to do it alone. Not only is the design to have Him a part of it.. But He DESIRES to be a part of your life. And now here we are!
Full of God’s glory ready to remind the devil where he belongs and set people free. Stay blessed!

Lee with Jim Keith

Jim Keith, one of the most influential farriers in the industry!

Lee Olsen with Grant Moon

2021 American Farriers Association National Convention.

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