Cliff Carroll began his shoeing career in the late 1960s in Toronto, Canada.
Just a few years later, he began splitting time shoeing Thoroughbred racehorses during the winter at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, FL.
By the early 1980s, Carroll relocated to Colorado where he opened a supply shop and shod neighborhood saddle horses. Eventually, Cliff began manufacturing products that would become the iconic Cliff Carroll brand.