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The Lockdown Farriery Podcast

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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37:26

LFP58 The Booksmith

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2026/03/09

Send a text 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 a solution specifically designed for farriers to manage their finances and stay compliant with MTD requirements. &...

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LFP 57 Wayne Preece FWCF and Danny Bennett AWCF...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2026/02/24

Send a text Podcast - Episode 57: Wayne Preece FWCF on Health, Veterinary Reform, and UK Farrier RegulationEpisode 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, experienced educator, and international clinician, has been instrumental in shaping farrier standards acr...

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39:24

LFP 56 Business Studies, Taxation & MTD with Freya Ceen

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2026/02/09

Send us a text 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 connection with farriery does not just end there. Many years ago before retraining to be an accountan...

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37:48

LFP 55 Farriery Skills & Knowledge Book Launch Dr...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/09/24

Send us a text 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! Thanks to the Sponsors The Shoeing Lab Silverback Chaps

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71:27

LFP 54 Stephen Hill FWCF The Bed Bath Chat

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/09/22

Send us a text 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

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LFP 53 The Risk of Smoke inhalation Equismoke Awareness

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/09/04

Send us a text 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 high risk job. We know this when we start. If anything this and the impact on our long term hea...

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LFP 52 Equigate Genevieve Joyce

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/07/21

Send us a text 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 of your business, allowing you to spend more time with hands on animals, and less time on admi...

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56:18

LFP 51 David "Slim" Symons FWCF Hons Tribute

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/06/09

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 the other year. Rest in peace Sir

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84:11

LFP 50 The state of the Industry & the Solution!...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/05/26

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 sorry for you! Id like to add at this point “they don’t care”. I have personally thought for some time in the UK th...

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LFP 49 BFBA SLO Webinar with Daniel Bennett AWCF CertEd

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/05/13

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. Although this is mainly aimed at the equestrian world, we do play a part in it, and with out it we have no job. Tha...

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LFP 48 Social Licence & Farriery Competitions

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/02/20

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 public’s interpretation of equine welfare and professionalism. We must be seen to be always putting equine w...

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LFP 47 Post AWCF Reflection with Brian Mullins CJF ASF

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2025/02/03

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. Thanks to the sponsors The Shoeing Lab Silverback Chaps – silverbackchaps.com

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LFP 46 Farrier Scholar with Connor Morrison DipWCF

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/10/15

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 many of us has a passion for education. He has recently set up Farrier Scholar an Online farriery education platfo...

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LFP 45 A Tribute to David Gulley FWCF

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/09/16

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 available due to mechanisation, David took on a 4-year apprenticeship in Blacksmithing and Engineering.&nbs...

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LFP 44 BFBA FOCUS, Stoneleigh International & AWCF...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/09/03

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 results.Check out Brian’s podcast if you haven’t already as it is the best one out there. That’s not to say all the...

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LFP43 TTFA Training with Dean Bland and the HSF TTFA...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/06/25

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 discuss many topics including Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Legislation, Employment Law and most importantl...

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113:25

LFP 42 Tom Smith FWCF FRC Election Special

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/06/14

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 sponsors of this episodeSilverback Chaps – silverbackchaps.comThe Shoeing Lab

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71:38

LFP 41 Equine Obesity with Dr Tamzin Furtado...

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/04/29

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116:31

LFP 40 Abby Bunyard AWCF

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/04/01

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LFP 39 The Mustad Farrier Portal with Aksel Vibe AWCF

The Lockdown Farriery Podcast ·

2024/03/18

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