Showing posts with label Great Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Britain. Show all posts
Friday, July 01, 2016

Discipline Committee strips British farrier of right to practice; apprentice complained of bullying

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A sculpture honoring the relationship between a master and apprentice above the  Craiglockhart Primary School  in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pho...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Rolex Grand Slam Hoofcare: Hello Sanctos Made History on These Hooves!

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This horse and rider attempted to do something no other horse and rider had even come close to doing: win the Rolex Grand Slam of Sho...
Thursday, December 04, 2014

Barefoot Hoofcare Practices Subject of British Government Survey to Veterinarians

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A government survey of British veterinarians is taking no prisoners and leaving no stones unturned. While the clear goal of the newly-...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Victory's Magnum Champagne Award to Stakes-Winning British Farriers for Fifth Straight Year

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Congratulations to the six-man farrier team shoeing the Thoroughbred racehorses of top trainer Richard Hannon in Wiltshire, England. The...
Monday, October 27, 2014

British Non-Farrier Found Guilty of Over-Trimming, Gluing Hoof Boots; Charged as Animal Welfare Act Violations

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The following information is being printed verbatim, except where noted in italics and where spelling has been Americanized. This is a d...
Monday, September 01, 2014

Gold Medal Farriers: Congratulations to World Equestrian Games Team Farriers

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If London was the Twitter Olympics, Normandy is the Instagram WEG. Never have we seen so many images, thanks to our phones. Never have ou...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Hooves@War: One Hundred Years Ago: Farrier Ted Garland Left Somerset England on a Dappled Grey Cob

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Here's an interesting collection of photos of a farrier in World War I that has come to light. In a key image, you see a squadron o...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

New Statistics: Lameness Most Critical Health Problem for British Horses; Laminitis Increased in 2014

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A new study published today in Great Britain sorts out what is likely to send horses to vets and farriers for treatment there, and you ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

British Government Opens Consultation Period for Reforms to Farriers Registration Act

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Today the Farriers Registration Council in Great Britain announced that that country's governmental Department of Environment, Food...
Friday, June 28, 2013

British Farrier Training: College-Based Training Replaces Agency-Run Apprentice System

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For as long as there have been farriers, there have surely been apprentices, because that is how the skills and knowledge were passed down...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Video: Almost Killed with Kindness, an Overweight Pony's Rehabilitation Begins with His Overgrown Hooves

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When World Horse Welfare farrier Donald Nicol first saw a Shetland pony named Haggis, he went right to work on his overgrown hooves. The p...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

On the Case: California Wrap, British Style, for White Line Disease

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One of the best things about the Hoof Blog is hearing from people  inspired to share how they would use different materials or meth...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

British Farrier Diplomates in Inaugural Pledge to Uphold Profession and Equine Welfare Standards

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Graduate farriers in Great Britain recited the inaugural pledge to their profession. On February 28, the Worshipful Company of Farriers ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Silent Anvil: World Champion Farrier Richard Ellis Has Died

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

British Barefoot Hoof Tape Controversy Escalates: Advocate Pledges Legal Assault on Farriers Registration Act, Council, and Illegal Farriery Charges

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A hoof trimmer at work on a horse. Both hoof trimmers and farriers wear aprons, use hoof stands, and  carry knives, nippers and rasps. How...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

England Farriers Are Team Champions at Stoneleigh International Team Event

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This weekend, the British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association hosted the 33rd International Team Horseshoeing Championships at Stoneleigh...