The Lockdown Farriery Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode i sit down and chat to Cliff Barnes AWCF. Cliff was the Chairman of the Farriery Apprenticeship Steering Group set up to produce the new Trailblazer Farriery Apprenticeship Standard. This was some task and took from its formation in 2014 to its roll out in March 2019. As an educator I personally think that although some changes have been made to the way we train fu...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode myself Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd and Dean Bland BA Hons Dip WCF Hons Dip. Ed. MAFA, we sit down and discuss question by question the last Dip WCF written exam paper. On the whole it was another good farriery related paper and students generally answered it well. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Practical fail rates on average are higher than the theory especially in the DipWCF exam. In this Podcast I talk about my experiences in watching people fail and why it happens.  This is to help potential candidates from falling in to any of these traps or habits. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Simon is a renowned lecturer and works as a referral and collective farrier for vets in Devon and Cornwall. His particular are of interest is in foals, performance horses and their individual shoeing solutions. He sat his Fellowship exam a few years ago and is very proactive within the Farriery industry. We sat down for an informative chat about the subject he researched for his t...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Brown FWCF was the first female farrier to achieve Fellowship Status. Now her husband has achieve his FWCF, they are the first Fellowship household too. Sarah did her FWCF in 2015 and her thesis title was    An Investigation into the effects on heel morphology following the insertion of 3° proprietary plastic heel wedge pads. In this episode we sit down and chat in simple te...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss exam stress from 3 perspectives, Candidate, Tutor, and Examiner. We look at the barriers it presents and why coping mechanisms are essential to enabling the candidate to be the best they can be on exam day. These are the links mentioned.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYf1ycmBxhY&t=43s https://www.wcf.org.uk/dipwcf Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this new series of talks, I talk to the farriers who have done real research in to farriery, whilst doing higher exams. As part of the Worshipful Company of Farriers, Fellowship (FWCF) exam you have to produce a thesis on a subject of your choice relevant to farriery. One of the biggest problems with science and farriery is when published it is hard to understand to those who h...

Send us Fan Mail So Mark, Wayne and myself sat down and had a discussion about Laminitis. Its an informal chat/discussion like you would have in the bar after a convention..... You do remember before Lockdown when bars were open, don't you ?...……... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A discussion with Jim Blurton AWCF and Ben Benson AWCF, both who run the Farriery teams at the last 2 Olympics and who currently shoe for many international performance programs. Sorry about the audio quality as we had a lot of technical difficulties. Some very good points discussed. Thank you Jim and Ben for your time! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Rob Shave FWCF and Wayne Preece FWCF CertED, and we discuss Co-Lateral Ligament Injuries. Please leave a review if you are listening on iTunes Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss injuries to the Suspensory Ligament. Another subject the modern farrier will see on a regular basis. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Sarah Brown FWCF and Jon Nunn FWCF where we have a relaxed informal discussion about this condition. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look at theory exam revision & exam technique. Sarah Logie FWCF served a four year apprenticeship in farriery with Mr R.Pape Dip. WCF and qualified in 2006. She gained a Diploma of the Worshipful Company of Farriers with Honours, the first female farrier to ever qualify with Honours in the 650 year history of the Company. She spent a year, travelling, workin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode myself, Mark Watson FWCF & Dean Bland Dip WCF (Hons) discuss the subject of Self Development. Self Development is an important behaviour included in the new UK farriery apprentice standard and essential for farriers developing throughout their careers. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 1 myself, Daniel Bennett AWCF (Class 1) CertEd, Matt Burrows BSc (Hons) AWCF & Dean Bland Dip WCF Hons BA (Hons) MAFA, discuss the subject of Hoof Capsule Distortion (HCD) in an informal discussion online. Support the show