Eagle Eye Contests - are truly, one of the greatest teaching, and Learning tools, available to the up and coming Farrier. And this is how it works; A specimen foot is prepared for the participant. Where as the participant is not allowed to see the foot until the appropriate moment. First looking at the ground surface of the foot, it is trimmed to a standard, taught in most north American, and British schools. Second the perimeter of the foot is dressed to follow the white line, leaving an equal amount of hoof wall around the perimeter, and usually left at that. Where as, the hoof is not normally dressed to that perimeter blueprint line, for the competition, as it is unnecessary work, and when viewing the foot from the ground surface is not seen.
At the appropriate time each student is called over, to view the ground surface of the foot, for ten seconds, and ten seconds only. During this time the student must ascertain, the width, length (toe to heel), length (perimeter, from left heel through the toe to the right heel. Then is given one half hour to build the shoe to fit the foot. And of course, the best fit WINS. One of the first competitions I was involved in, none of the shoes were even close, and so a stalemate was called.

Below is an example of my first win.