Michael Wildenstein has reached heights reserved for only an elite few. He's one of just four farriers worldwide — and the only American — to earn honors in passing the test that made him a Fellow in the Worshipful Company Of Farriers of Great Britain. The key to success for the certified journeyman farrier and recent inductee into the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame is his continuing, intense curiosity. That quality is part of what lured the soft-spoken resident farrier at Cornell University to England to test himself on the "examination to end all examinations," — the test in place since the Worshipful Company of Farriers was founded in 1356 — which is still considered the yardstick for judging English farriers to this day.
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