The Lockdown Farriery Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Booksmith an aid to MTD Welcome to the Lockdown Farriery Podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about something that affects every farrier in business: bookkeeping, accounts, and the dreaded Making Tax Digital.   I'm joined by Mark Barnard, a fellow farrier and AWCF, along with Charlie and John, the creators of The Booksmith. Together, they've developed...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast - Episode 57: Wayne Preece FWCF on Health, Veterinary Reform, and UK Farrier Regulation Episode Description Wayne Preece FWCF returns to the Lockdown Farriery Podcast for an in-depth conversation about his recent health challenges, the state of farrier regulation in the UK, and the upcoming European Championships. Wayne, a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Farriers, expe...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Lockdown Farriery Podcast. This is Episode 56, and today we’re diving into a topic that every farrier — student, qualified, or aspiring — needs to understand.”  “I’m joined by a brilliant guest for this episode: Freya Ceen. Freya runs Vital Accounts, working and advising big and small business, including some farriery businesses. Her connect...

Send us Fan Mail Farriery text books are few and far between, and modern up to date ones are even rarer. Dr Simon Curtis one of our generations most prolific writers has teamed up with Jay Tovey FWCF and Mark Trussler FWCF to produce Farriery Skills and Knowledge a new Farriery text book. In this podcast we talk about the journey to produce it and the story behind it. Check it out at Farrier Focus...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to an out of action farrier buddy of mine Stephen Hill FWCF. This is just one of those farrier chit chats that goes around the houses and can give a little insight of how we think and deal with the rigorous of shoeing and trimming horses and especially in this episode, the toll it takes on our bodies. Thanks to the sponsors  The Shoeing Lab Silverback Chaps...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to Lisa Nealen. Lisa is a highly qualified Hospital Theatre Nurse who has done a lot of research in to the effects of surgical smoke plume. With this knowledge and as an horse owner concerned about the health of her own farrier, she has started Equismoke to help raise awareness to the risks and help reduce the long term impact on our health.  Farriery is a h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk to Genevieve Joyce. Gen is an equine osteopath but has recently developed an App to help equine professionals save time in the management of their businesses by taking care of the large amount of organisation and admin we incur especially as a small one person business.  Equigate is an app for ANYONE who works with animals. It handles the day-to-day running...

Send us Fan Mail Last month saw the passing of a dear, farrier, educator, mentor, friend and all round legend. David “Slim” Symons FWCF Hons lead a very interesting Farriery career and put so much back in to the industry and those in it. This is a great loss to the UK Farriery industry, his family and his friends.  This is an edited re touched for quality, tribute of a conversation I had with Slim...

Send us Fan Mail Recently there has been a lot of discussions and social media debate about the apparent crisis within the farriery profession. This has centred around the economy of farriery as a profession and the lack of training providers and people coming into the profession. Like all farriery rants on social media, we all shared it on our feed so no doubt your customers can see it and feel s...

Send us Fan Mail I was recently asked to do a webinar on be half of the British Farriers & Blacksmiths Association explaining the concept of social license to operate in the equine sector. This is a term which has been banded around for a few years now and there have been many who have misunderstood what this actually means. This is about public approval, for us to carry on doing what we do. A...

Send us Fan Mail This discussion is about a recent article in the Forge magazine. It is not about imposing rules but it is about protecting ourselves and all those involved (including the equine) at farriery competitions and forging best practice for future generations. What is Social License to Operate (SLO)  Social license is increasingly important in horse sport and leisure. This is the general...

Send us Fan Mail It’s been a while…… Today me and my friend and fellow podcaster Brian Mullins reflect and breakdown his recent experience facing the AWCF exam for the first time, we talk about the journey he took and navigate his personal voyage of discovery. Brian has lots of priceless nuggets of information for anyone considering this journey for this exam or any certification the world over. T...

Send us Fan Mail Since Lockdown we have seen a rise in online and other forms of farriery education....  This is a good thing! To put this on takes a lot of time, effort and of course money. One of these people throwing his hat in the ring is todays guest Connor Morison DipWCF. Connor is an Ex-Army farriery instructor who currently works at the Warwickshire college school of farriery, and like man...

Send us Fan Mail David Gulley FWCF     On the 2nd of May 2024 we received the sad news of the passing of David Gulley FWCF. Born on the 4th of August 1939 in Plymouth Devon, David grew up with an obsession for horses, his mother once telling him of his fascination of the Shire horses working in the streets Plymouth. When David reached the age of 15 due to the lack of farriery apprenticeships being...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve just got back from a very busy summer period. Back to school for me now! Last week I spent the week in Canada with my awesome friend Brian Mullins CJF. Week spent the week fine tuning and preparing for his upcoming AWCF exams. I met Brian back in lockdown through our respective podcast passion projects. As we were together we decided to chat with microphones and this is the r...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we have recorded a discussion session which was part of our recent TTFA course. This discussion was hosted by Dean Bland  BA(Hons) DipWCF(Hons) GradDipELR(RVC) Dip. Ed MAFA and the students on this course and was part of one of assignments covered within the course, of which is part of the pathway to becoming a training farrier (ATF) here in the UK. Within this we...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Smith FWCF GradDIP ELR (Dist.) (RVC) is a working farrier from Hampshire England, and is also the current Chairman of the Farriers Registration Council. Tom previously spoke to me about doing this podcast not just to make farriers aware of the upcoming council election but to also promote a better understanding  of the role of the FRC and how it functions. Big shout out to the...

Send us Fan Mail Fat Fat Fat Fatty Fat Fat Equine Obesity is a huge (excuse the pun) problem in the UK. In todays episode i speak to one of the leading experts in this subject. Tamzin is a social scientist with a background in global health, and has a specific interest in the interconnections between human and animal health and wellbeing. She completed a PhD at the University of Liverpool studying...

Send us Fan Mail Sat down one evening and spoke to my good friend and research partner Abby Bunyard AWCF about the BFBA of which she is about to be the new president and our Fellowship journey so far. We go off on tangents, we discuss the state of the industry, and we drunk a lot of Gin in the process! This was a great conversation. To hear more about Abby’s route into Farriery, listen to her epis...

Send us Fan Mail Last week I was invited to attend a meeting in Norway to with Mustad Hoofcare, on behalf of the BFBA Craft Committee to help develop a working version of the Mustad Farrier Portal. This is a scoring system developed to help competition organisers, and is a lot more than just a calculator. This system is the brainchild of Aksel Vibe AWCF. We sat down and and Aksel explained the sys...

Send us Fan Mail Today I'm at what can only be described as farriery's equivalent of Area 51. The Shoeing Lab is owned by Kelvin Lymer DipWCF, and he has been in a previous episode talking about Endurance Racing. Kelvin is one of the most innovative that I have met over the years, not just as a horseshoer but as a business man. Kelvin is the type of person who is always spinning plates a...

Send us Fan Mail Pads, Packers and Bar Shoes, Today and my good friend Wayne Preece FWCF have a catch up and we discuss Pads Packers, Bar shoes and other hoof care packages. Like most of our chats we go off on tangents and discuss other farriery subjects. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did making it. Don't forget to subscribe on your podcast platform. This podcast is sponsored by Silverbac...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to 2024 This year I aim to be a lot proactive with the Podcast. Last year was challenging to find time as it can be a time consuming, plus there was a lot of things going on in the world of Farriery. This episode has been on the wait list for a long time. Dean Lewis AWCF is a passionate and highly skilled Farrier and Blacksmith from Australia who's background in Harne...

Send us Fan Mail Its that time of year again, BFBA Focus 2023 Again this year we are going to get as much content to you from the set up of the event, the 42nd International Team Horseshoeing Competition, and from the Focus event itself.  Here is a few of Brian's first day of set up interviews he captured today...... Listen out for more tomorrow Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Tiffany Gardner Dip WCF CJF is a North American farrier currently on the Edward Martin Farriers Cultural Exchange Program. We met whilst she was taking part in the Farriers Foundation’s Tour de Farrier bike ride. We chatted and found out she was a fellow educator at the Pacific Coast Shoeing School. I invited her to spend a couple of days at the Hereford School of Farriery. She st...