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Articles by Farriers

Darren Bazin AWCF Creating a Caulkin (added 23rd August 2007)
Nigel Brown AWCF Tool Making with Richard Ellis (added 16th December 2009)
  Londonderry Knife Sharpening System (added 2nd March 2009)
  Making a Lead Plate for a Tooling Block (added 29th September 2008)
  Clinic with Gary Darlow - Creating a Tool Block (added 18th September 2007)
Gary Darlow RSS/AFCL Hunter Front Shoe (added 4th September 2007)
  Hunter Hind Shoe (added 25th January 2008)
Jim Ferrie FWCF Shoeing for Bone Spavin (added 1st December 2008)
Environmental Effects on the Hoof Capsule (added 1st December 2008)
Shoeing around the Coffin Joint (added 18th December 2007)
Tendon Bar Shoe (added 26th November 2007)
Laminitis (added 15th November 2007)
Hoof Cracks or Stress Fractures of the Hoof Capsule (added 14th November 2007)
John Ford RSS Customer Relations - Two Verses (added 29th September 2008)
Adam Fox DipWCF Concave Stamp Demonstration (added 4th August 2008)
David Hankin DipWCF Farriery in New Zealand (added 27th December 2007)
Steve Hewitt AWCF Yorkshire Farriers AWCF Course (added 13th July 2009)
Andrew Poynton FWCF New Hoof Repair and Reconstruction Techniques (added 11th November 2009)
Paul Conroy AWCF
 Summit Forge is a busy farriery practice based in the North Manchester (Littleborough) area of the UK.This informative website is for horse owners and fellow professional farriers (added 13th April 2010)

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F&F Articles

NAFBAE Reading Branch Welsh Team Clinic, 14th February 2009 (added 16th February 2009)
Report on Hereford Farriers Club Meeting 12th January 2009 - 'Appreciation of Balance', Grant Moon AWCF
  Report on Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Clinic 8th November 2008 (added 13th November 2008)
  Report on WCF, 'Building a Successful Business' 9th Oct 2008 (added 11th October 2008)

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Horse Health: -

Soaking Hay for Laminitis Prone Horses and Ponies? (added 8th July 2009)
'The Hungry Foot' by Fran Jurga (added 23rd July 2008)
Reiki and Horses by Carmen O'Connor (added 11th December 2007)

Modern Hoof Repair Materials by Mark Andrews (added 16th October 2007)

Reverse Wedge Shoeing for Founder by Mark Andrews (added 16th October 2007)

Maximising Equine Performance by Fran Jurga (added 31st August 2007)

Obesity in the equine population reflects that of childhood obesity - Teresa Hollands, Nutritionist at Dodson & Horrell Ltd (added 30th August 2007).

ILPH Right Weight Campaign (added 23rd August 2007)


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Business Matters: -
Legitimate Tax Breaks for Small Businesses (added 8th July 2009)
Managing your Business through Uncertain Times (added 3rd December 2008)
VAT - To Register or Not To Register (added 26th November 2007)

2007/08 Tax Planning Article (added 25th September 2007)

Protecting Your Income (added 12th September 2007)

Vehicle Finance, Balance Payments (added 12th September 2007)

Vehicle Finance/New Rules for Young Drivers (added 5th September 2007)

Vans and the Tax Man (added 17th August 2007)


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Farriery Industry: - 
History - The Bracy Clark Expansion Shoe (added 4th November 2009) by kind permission of Fran Jurga, Hoofcare & Lameness Journal
Review of Farriery National Occupational Standards (added 8th July 2009)
Peter Ablett, New FTA Training Director (added 1st September 2008)
  Farrier Promoted to Faculty Position at US Veterinary College (added 28th April 2008)
  ATF Shoemaking and L11 Course (added 26th March 2008)
Number of Farriers in Relation to the Horse Population (linked 22nd August 2007)

LANTRA (added 21st August 2007)


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Equine Industry: -  

Feed Companies Act Over Morphine Risk (added 12th November 2007)


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American Farriers Association

Guide to the AFA Convention (YouTube Link) (added 30th January 2009)
AFA January Newsletter (added 30th January 2009)
AFA December Newsletter (added 30th January 2009)
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American Farriers Journal

American Farriers Journal The following articles are courtesy of the American Farriers Journal and allow Forge & Farrier readers priviliged access to articles within their website.
"Complementary Therapy Gaining Wider Use in Hoof Care" (added 8th December 2009)
"Making History in Missouri" (added 8th December 2009)
"Building your Forging Skills" (added 7th September 2009)
"Dealing with Thin Soled Horses" (added 8th April 2009)
"Where foot problems can be identified with the shape and health of the frog" (added 8th April 2009)
"A Fast and Inexpensive Shoe for Navicular Cases" (added 20th January 2009)
"Soring" Part One (added 20th January 2009)
"Soring" Part Two (added 20th January 2009)
"Soring" Part Three (added 20th January 2009)
"Soring" Part Four (added 20th January 2009)
"Avoid these costly errors!" (added 11th November 2008)
"Hoofcare and the Coffin Bone" (added 22nd July 2008)
"The Homemade Hoof" (added 13th May 2008)
"Hooves Too Wet? Too Dry? Try These Techniques" (added 7th May 2008)
"Diagnostic Imaging For Lameness” (added 7th May 2008)
"A Horseshoer's Approach to Heart Bars" (added 28th February 2008)
"Cruisin' with the Patch Man" (added 23rd January 2008)
"Heel Concussion Can Pound a Hoof"(added 21st January 2008)
"Managing Hoof Abscesses"(added 15th November 2007)
"Leaning Horses, Revealing Hooves"(added 15th November 2007)
  "Remember These Pointers When Under Dressage Horses"(added 15th November 2007)
  "Bunjee Cord Helps Injured Horse Snap Back to Soundness"(added 15th November 2007)

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European Farriers Journal

The brand new European Farriers Journal website features editorial articles expressing the editor's views. Click here to read further....

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