Chris Madrid- Blacksmith World Championships Recap and What's on the Horizon for Madrid Forge

<p>We just wrapped up with the Blacksmith World Championships held up at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta and caught up with Chris Madrid who finished 3rd this year to talk about how his week went and the preparation that led up to the biggest farrier competition we have each year. This years Top Ten placings for the World Championships were</p><p>1: Troy Wood (USA)</p><p>2: Gavine Cooper (USA)</p><p>3: Chris Madrid (USA)</p><p>4: Vincent Lamaille (Belgium)</p><p>5: Matt Findler (Canada)</p><p>6: Matt Bilderbeck (Australia)</p><p>7: George Rogerson (England)</p><p>8: Sergio Perez Prieto (Spain)</p><p>9: Matt Randles (England)</p><p>10: Yoann Policard (France)</p><p>Chris shared a lot of great knowledge about how he keeps his body and mind in top form so he can keep competing at a top level year after year. He told us that his first time competing at Calgary was 18 years ago, that&#39;s a long time to keep yourself in the game of competing at the highest level! We also covered our trip that we took to West Texas in May to Jim Poor&#39;s where we started working on a documentary type project and visited Sam Gooding&#39;s shop as well while we were down there. I should hopefully have Sam&#39;s video uploaded next week for people to see how he creates/builds some of the best barrel racing bits for consumers. Lot of cool content on the horizon to be on the lookout for! And that&#39;ll be posted on the Forging Brains Podcast YouTube channel. </p><p>Also check out our website-www.forgingbrains.com</p><p><br></p><p>Our Proud Sponsors of the Show</p><p><br></p><p>www.farrierbox.com use code BRAINS for 25% off your first month&#39;s order!</p><p><br></p><p>www.well-shod.com use code BRAINS for a surprise product in your order!</p><p><br></p><p>www.worldchampionshipblacksmiths.com use code BRAINS for 10% off in their online store! (not including membership/contest entry fees)</p><p><br></p><p>www.yukonforge.com use code BRAINS for 10% off your order!</p>