The Lockdown Farriery Podcast
by Daniel
Hosted by Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd, an ex British Army Farrier instructor, Farriery Educator and college lecturer , this podcast is aimed primarily at Farriers across the globe as an educational resource.Some episodes include valuable information and knowledge for horse owners and other equine professionals to.
Episodes
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LFP58 The Booksmith
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...
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LFP 57 Wayne Preece FWCF and Danny Bennett AWCF Health, Legislation, Veterinary Reforms and of course MONEY!
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…
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LFP 56 Business Studies, Taxation & MTD with Freya Ceen
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...
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LFP 55 Farriery Skills & Knowledge Book Launch Dr Simon Curtis FWCF Jay Tovey FWCF Mark Trussler FWCF
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...
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LFP 54 Stephen Hill FWCF The Bed Bath Chat
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...
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LFP 53 The Risk of Smoke inhalation Equismoke Awareness
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...
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LFP 52 Equigate Genevieve Joyce
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...
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LFP 51 David "Slim" Symons FWCF Hons Tribute
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…
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LFP 50 The state of the Industry & the Solution! ForgeSmart.co.uk Tom Smith FWCF GradDIP ELR
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…
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LFP 49 BFBA SLO Webinar with Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd
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...
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LFP 48 Social Licence & Farriery Competitions
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...
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LFP 47 Post AWCF Reflection with Brian Mullins CJF ASF
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…
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LFP 46 Farrier Scholar with Connor Morrison DipWCF
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…
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LFP 45 A Tribute to David Gulley FWCF
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...
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LFP 44 BFBA FOCUS, Stoneleigh International & AWCF training with Brian Mullins CJF
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...
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LFP43 TTFA Training with Dean Bland and the HSF TTFA Course
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,...
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LFP 42 Tom Smith FWCF FRC Election Special
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...
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LFP 41 Equine Obesity with Dr Tamzin Furtado BA(hons), AdvDip, PhD
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...
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LFP 40 Abby Bunyard AWCF
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...
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LFP 39 The Mustad Farrier Portal with Aksel Vibe AWCF
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...
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LFP 38 Innovative 3d Hoofcare options with Kelvin Lymer DipWCF
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...
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LFP 37 Pads Packers & Bar Shoes Wayne Preece FWCF
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...
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S02E06 Harness Racing & Farriery with Dean Lewis AWCF
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…
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BFBA Focus Podcast 2023 Episode 1
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...
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S02E05 Tiffany Gardner Dip WCF CJF
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...
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S02E04 Bone Spavin with Wayne Preece FWCF & Danny Bennett AWCF CertEd
Send us Fan Mail Bone Spavin is a common pathology seen in the hock joints of the horses hind limb. In this episode Wayne Preece FWCF and I discuss Bone Spavin, its causes and the available Farriery treatment protocols. Support the show
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 6 Focus Last Day
Send us Fan Mail The last episode of the BFBA Focus Podcast….. In this episode we speak to the industry suppliers and trade stand holders at this year’s event. BFBA Focus 2022 was a fantastic event and is going to move onwards and upwards next year. I hope you have enjoyed these episodes as much…
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 5 Focus Day 1 Haydn Price DipWCF Ian Allison DipWCF
Send us Fan Mail Day 1 of the BFBA Focus Event In this episode we Speak to David Gulley FWCF, The Farriers Foundation (Grant Moon FWCF, Jon Nunn FWCF, Mick Handley RSS & Dan Hewer Dip WCF), and then the Livecast we did with Haydn Price Dip WCF & Spud Allison Dip WCF Support the show
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 4 Day 1 International Team Farriery Competition 2022
Send us Fan Mail Day one of the competition started with a 6 am start for me and Brian interviewing Chief Steward Mark Watson FWCF on the way to the forge. Brian then broke out into Sport caster mode capturing all the day 1 action. Support the show
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 3 Stoneleigh Set Up Day
Send us Fan Mail Me and Brian have finally arrived at Stoneleigh. We arrived at an empty giant tent and exhibition hall. And then the most important team arrived. Mark Watson and the Purple Army have been running the Competition for around the last 7 years and have run the best International Team...
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 2 The Road to Stoneleigh Team USA
Send us Fan Mail The Road to Stoneleigh.............. I have teamed up on behalf of the British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association with my good friend and fellow Podcaster Brian Mullins to capture the build up to and the main Event at this year's BFBA Focus Event and the 2022 International Team...
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BFBA Focus Podcast Episode 1 The Road to Stoneleigh Team Canada
Send us Fan Mail The Road to Stoneleigh.............. I have teamed up on behalf of the British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association with my good friend and fellow Podcaster Brian Mullins to capture the build up to and the main Event at this year's BFBA Focus Event and the 2022 International Team...
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S02E03 Thrush Canker Seedy Toe & WLD with 45S
Send us Fan Mail In 2020, during the first COVID-19 lockdown when I started this Podcast the whole idea was to reach out to my students who could not attend college due to the pandemic. since then, it has turned in to a bit of a monster being listened to in over 75 countries. So, this episode…
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S02E02 David "Slim" Symons FWCF Hons
Send us Fan Mail No living person has trained as many farriers in the UK as Slim Symons FWCF Hons I sat down with Slim and we spoke about his life and how he found farriery, and the route he took from joining the Army to be a Slaughter man and how he become one of only 2 living FWCF's with…
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Season 2 Episode 1 Concave V's Flat with Daniel Bennett AWCF CertED Jonathan Nunn FWCF & Josh Nunn Dip WCF
Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back In this episode I sat down with Jonathan and Josh Nunn. We sat and had a professional discussion on the subject of Concave shoes verses Flat shoes. As it is unscripted the conversation does wander at times but that is the beauty of these conversations. Listening or...
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Episode 30 Navicular Discussion with Wayne Preece FWCF CertEd & Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd
Send us Fan Mail In this episode me and my good friend and ex colleague Wayne Preece FWCF sat down in his home and after an amazing home made curry we spent several hours discussing the filthy N-Word! That’s right we discussed Navicular! There is often confusion with anecdotal knowledge and…
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Episode 29 The NEW BFBA AWCF Preparation Course
Send us Fan Mail BFBA AWCF Exam Preparation Course The BFBA are delighted to be able to launch a brand new BFBA course which offers two tailored routes - whilst providing unparalleled learning support - to achieve the Worshipful Company of Farriers Associate Examination (AWCF). Following the...
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Episode 28 CPD with Simon Moore FWCF & Ben Benson AWCF
Send us Fan Mail As of 2023 CPD for registered UK Farriers will be mandatory. The FRC expects that after qualifying, all farriers will continue their professional education by committing to keeping up to date with changes and developments in farriery, through the lifelong learning and personal...
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Episode 27 Christmas Bonus Special David Gulley FWCF
Send us Fan Mail David Gulley FWCF UK Farriery Legend. In this episode David tells us about his humble blacksmith background to being enlisted into the British Army and his career as one of the most eminent farriers who had a global international reach long before the internet! Enjoy happy...
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Episode 26 White Line Disease & Seedy Toe Explained Sarah Logie FWCF
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Sarah Logie FWCF explains the difference between White Line Disease (WLD) and Seedy Toe, what causes it, and of course how to treat and manage cases. Support the show
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Episode 25 Olympic Games Special with Greig Elliott AWCF Ben Benson AWCF Andrew Bowyer AWCF
Send us Fan Mail Off the back of a successful Olympics for team GB 🇬🇧 I am joined by Andrew Bowyer AWCF Ben Benson AWCF and Greig Elliott AWCF, 3 UK farriers who went out their doing different roles. Support the show
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Episode 24 Farrier Safety Special
Send us Fan Mail A few Episodes back we had then conversation about farrier safety. My fellow podcaster Brian Mullins reached out and said he wanted to start a similar conversation in North America. It was then we decided to get some other Farrier/Hoof Care Providers involved as at the end of the...
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Episode 23 May 2021 Diploma Written Paper Review
Send us Fan Mail I am joined once again once again by my colleague Dean Bland BA Hons Dip WCF Hons Dip.Ed. MAFA, where we are reviewing last weeks Diploma written paper. Support the show
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Episode 22 Forge Magazine Editorial
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat with Mark Aikens, Harry Spinks and Claire Brown, who are all part of the Forge Magazines Editorial Panel. We discuss the important topics and news in this edition of "The Forge". Forge Magazine is the official publication of the British Farriers and...
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Episode 21 Pre Diploma Theory With Dr Simon Curtis FWCF & Daniel Bennett AWCF CertED
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of the previous Pre Diploma Episode, this time we are joined by Dr Simon Curtis FWCF and we are talking all things theory. We talk at lengths about his years of experience as a examiner, about the common mistakes made and tips to gain them extra points. This episode is for...
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Episode 20 Pre Diploma Practical Simon Moore FWCF & Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd
Send us Fan Mail Last year the British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association (BFBA) launched "Dip Tips" as a way to create bite size information to diploma candidates in the UK. This year they have done it again and published some brilliant tips straight from the Examiners mouth! These tips are...
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Episode 19 Farrier Nutrition Simon Legge AWCF
Send us Fan Mail After seeing a recent video made by Simon about how we as farriers fail to look after and fuel our bodies, I thought this would make him a great guest for the podcast. After taking his advice and feeling the benefits myself i would advise all farriers to give this a listen!…
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Episode 18 Farrier Training & Regulation in North America With Brian Mullins CJF
Send us Fan Mail In this episode i talk to Brian Mullins CJF. Brian is the voice behind the Mullins Farriery Podcast, which is one of the main influences that started me thinking about producing my own. Brian is based in Ontario Canada and when I asked him the other week to come on and discuss...
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Episode 17 Farrier Safety
Send us Fan Mail This Episode is an important topic. Farriery is a high risk job, however we are frequently having to take unnecessary risks and are often put in unsafe situations. This episode is different than normal as there are 6 of us having a discussion on the subject of safety for…
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Episode 16 Shoeing Endurance Horses Kelvin Lymer DipWCF
Send us Fan Mail In this Episode we speak to Kelvin Lymer DipWCF about shoeing Endurance horses. Kelvin was the British team Farrier from 1992-2020 and has over 40 years experience in shoeing them. He has been at the fore front of the progressing and innovation of caring for their foot care…
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About this show
Hosted by Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd, an ex British Army Farrier instructor, Farriery Educator and college lecturer , this podcast is aimed primarily at Farriers across the globe as an educational resource.Some episodes include valuable information and knowledge for horse owners and other equine professionals to.
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