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 episode with the Mullins Farrier podcast, it’s a great listen. Please check out the sponsors of this podcast...

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 system and how and why it was developed. Although this conversation is very competition centric there are plenty many...

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 and looking to improve equine performance and comfort. For over 10 years he has been working and evolving his approach using...

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 Silverback Chaps. Thank you to Danny Elliot for your continued support. Silverback Chaps – silverbackchaps.com

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 Harness Racing as a Racer and farrier served him with some excellent insight. This is a subject I personally know...

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

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 stayed for over a week both teaching, shoeing and even mountain biking! In this episode we discuss the route in to...

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.

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 as me and Brian enjoyed making them! More content to come from Brian via his Podcast The Mullins Farrier Podcast in the future including some amazing interviews from some of the industry greats. For me, on this...

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

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.

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 Competition in the world. We spoke to some of the volunteers and some of the competitors as they turned up on site. 

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 Farriery Competition.  In this episode we spoke to team USA as they set up camp practising at Alex Mercer's forge in the wilds of Lincolnshire in preparation for this weekend's international team farriery competition.

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 Farriery Competition.  Today we caught up with Team Canada who are practicing at Mark Watson's forge as part of their journey to the International at Stoneleigh. It is fascinating to see the commitment that these...

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 it's all down to the students.......... Teaching and learning and learning by teaching. Sometimes learning can be done by presenting a subject to your peers. At the school of farriery Hereford, we used this technique...

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 Honours. After leaving the Army after shoeing in different counties in the UK and Ireland he became the senior lecturer at the School of Farriery Hereford from where he finally retired at the age of 70. He's led an...

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 partaking in these types of conversation does qualify as CPD. For any farrier who wants to log this as CPD you just need to decide on what you thought was your learning outcome. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did...

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 modern scientific fact, disease, or syndrome. Hopefully you may learn or get something to think about from this conversation. We go off on tangents and openly chat about our experiences in conversation and not a formal...

BFBA AWCF Exam Preparation CourseThe 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 completion of a ‘Diagnostic Day’ on 23rd April at Hereford School of Farriery, Holme Lacey Campus, candidates will be supported to choose one of two routes to complete the AWCF examination. ‘Route 1’ supports candidates to...

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 development of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CPD activities should be relevant to the individual and should build on their strengths, professional knowledge and skills. In this podcast we discuss CPD and...

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 Christmas and a happy new year to all the listeners! Stay safe 

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. 

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.