Andrew Wells shoes horses the old fashioned way, making them by hand one at a time to fit the individual hoof, and he’s one of the best in the world. Wells, 29, who spends every Thursday working at The Stables at Russell Crossroads on Lake Martin, just returned from Ayershire Branch, Scotland, where along with his teammates, he represented the American Farrier Association in an international shoeing contest. He finished seventh overall in the World Championship Blacksmiths 2015 season and sixth in the U.S. National Forging and Horse Shoeing Competition.

“It’s amazing for us to have someone of his caliber working with us here at The Stables,” said Russell Lands Trail Boss Stanley Ingram. “And for someone as young as Andrew to be as good as he is, that’s just unheard of.”