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Three Year Warranty
The toughest shoe we make
Unique, super strong version of our Iron Alloy.. resists burring
Choice of colors, blue or red
Great quantity price breaks starting at just two pair!
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At first glance, the Legacy looks a lot
like the Signature Shoe, but without a ringer break... and
that's primarily what it is! With all three of the other
Alan Francis horseshoes heavily favoring the turn style of
pitching, the idea for the Legacy was to make a version of the
Signature Shoe that was even more suitable for flip style
pitching... It has all the features of the Signature Shoe,
except it has a reverse ringer break, which is much preferred by
flip pitchers. But we didn't stop there! On top of that, it is made from a greatly
strengthened version of our unique iron alloy... this is the
toughest stuff we have! We've been testing it since 1996
with amazing results! We are so sure of it that we are
willing to warrant these shoes for an unprecedented three years!
You can't go wrong with this shoe... it throws great for any
turn and just as great for the flip and it will hold its shape
for years to come... With a life-expectancy twice that of a
normal horseshoe, Legacy is by far the best value in our
extensive line of pitching horseshoes!
Other Alan Francis horseshoes: All-On,
Bullseye &
the Signature Shoe
A bit about the man:
Men's championship horseshoe pitching moved into its modern era in 1940,
breaking the 80% ringer average barrier for the first time that year. Since
then, it has taken an average of over 83.5% ringers to win the world title.
Alan Francis has won 15 of them! In nearly a hundred tries, it's a short list of six players who've
pitched better than 85% ringers to win the title... the greatest of the
greats... Fernando Isais, Ted Allen, Curt Day, Elmer Hohl, Walter Ray Williams
Jr. and Alan Francis... Alan has done this six times! As of 2009, he's
made 22 appearances in the Men's Championship Division at the World
Championships and including all the bad days (there haven't been very many), he
still has an overall lifetime average over 81% in the championship... In 2009,
in Springfield, IL he set the all-time record for highest ringer average in the Men's World
Championship Division bettering last year's world record of 89.4% with an
astonishing 90.26% ringer average, putting Alan in a class of his own being
the first world champion to ever average over 90%! He's
arguably one of the greatest to ever compete in this sport and he pitches this
shoe that bares his signature!
The above picture appeared in
an article about Alan in the summer of 2006 on the following website
"American Profile.com."
Click
Here
for a link to the article about Alan on that site.
For the most astounding 15th time, Alan Francis of Defiance, OH won the
2009 Men's World
Championship in Springlfield, IL... He was undefeated all the way
through the finals at 19-0 with a world record performance of 90.26%
ringers! That's 917
ringers out of 1,016 shoes pitched! With that performance, Alan now tops an elite club
of just three men who have pitched over 88% in the world championships,
the other two being horseshoe legends Elmer Hohl and Walter Ray Williams Jr... what an
accomplishment! And yes, he pitches his "signature shoe"
...maybe you should too!
NEW!
Click Here
to watch a 17 minute video of Alan Francis talking about, demonstrating and
instructing horseshoes... filmed in July of 2008. The video feed starts right away,
without snags and it's absolutely worth taking a bit of your day to see him talk
horseshoes and pitch a few ringers!
Click Here
for a video Interview and footage of Alan Francis practicing horseshoes at home
produced by David Foster of the Columbus Dispatch (summer of '07).
Click Here for the newspaper article entitled "Perfect Pitch" by Matt Tullis
of the Columbus Dispatch... it's based on the video from above.
Click Here for a YouTube video of Alan Francis pitching in the 2007 World Championship
in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Click Here to watch a nice full-size video of the unprecedented
12-time world champion Alan Francis pitching in the 2005 Greenville Ringer
Classic on July 3, 2005, warming up for his record-breaking 11th World Title
(approximately 1 1/2 minutes)... There's another video link at the bottom of
this page for another look at Alan pitching.
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Here's a nice photo of Alan
displaying his championship form, pitching his way to winning his 10th
men's world title in Pocatello, ID on August 8th, 2004. This shot
really captures his perfectly straight forward pitching style and shows
him deeply concentrating on the target, obviously all the way through his
delivery. Notice how his eyes are trained on the stake, not the shoe
he just let go of? This tenth victory tied the all time record
holder, the great Ted Allen, who's record had stood since 1959. Alan
has now broken that record, winning two more titles since then... the only question now is how many titles will
he win by the time he's finished???
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Click on the picture below to
see a series of 15 stop action photos displaying Alan's pitching style and also
a one minute video clip
of Alan pitching in the 2004 Eastern Nationals in Erie, PA 6/28/04. We
also recently added a 1-1/2 minute full-size video of Alan pitching in the 2005
Greenville Ringer Classic (same as link above):
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Alan Francis Legacy
Horseshoe Pricing & Product Options
Price:
$81.00 plus S & H
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Above price is for one pair (2 shoes)
Buy multi-pairs
and save!
2 pair for $146.00 ($73.00 each)
6 pair for $426.00 ($71.00 each)
(plus S & H)
Discounted prices will show in the cart as you add enough of an item
to achieve a discount.
The
target weight for an official horseshoe is approx. 2 lbs. 8 oz. (+/-
an ounce) and this shoe falls within that range. Furthermore,
each pair is matched weighted so the shoes weigh virtually the same.
You
will be able to specify quantity and choose your color options on
the next page of the cart.
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Don't you need a carrying bag or case for your shoes too? Check these
out before you check out:
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Our all new Hard
Shell Horseshoe Cases... best case for horseshoes ever! It holds two
pair and many accessories
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Also, there's our all
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