Showing posts with label Worshipful Company of Farriers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worshipful Company of Farriers. Show all posts
Friday, June 16, 2023

Shire horses inspected for controversial “couping” horseshoe practice at British horse shows in 2023

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HoofSearch At England’s Staffordshire County Show earlier this month, British farrier Grant Moon, FWCF represented the Worshipful Company o...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Worshipful Company of Farriers awards Honorary Fellowship to Professor Renate Weller

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Professor Renate Weller received an Honorary Fellowship from Steven Wilson, Master of the Worshipful Company of Farriers, in London last...
Sunday, May 05, 2019

Best of both worlds for 2019 Badminton "Farriers Prize" event horse

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Farrier judge Will Hampson, DipWCF inspected the hooves of 56 horses at 8 a.m. this morning as part of an annual tradition at England'...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

Burghley's best-shod horse 2018: Records broken and handicaps overcome with farrier's one-handed excellence

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For the third time in five years, an Irish Sport horse named Coolys Luxury was won England's Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials ...
Monday, May 07, 2018

Badminton's Farriers Prize 2018 to Liam Collins

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British rider Dani Evans and her horse Smart Time won the Farriers Prize at Badminton Horse Trials for 2018. Smart Time is shod by Liam Co...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Burghley Best Shod Horse 2017: Paul Varnam's Bar Shoes for Eventer Ivar Gooden Impress Hoof Judge

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The hind feet of Ivar Gooden, the "best shod horse" prize winner at England's Burghley Horse Trials this year, are shod with...
Sunday, May 08, 2016

Badminton Farrier Prize 2016: Charlie Sands' four-star horseshoeing wins (Part 1)

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Resident farrier Bernie Tidmarsh watches a horse at the Badminton House stables, used for the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds and the Badm...
Friday, May 06, 2016

British Minister Meets with Farriers on Future Registration, Discipline Changes for the Profession

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DEFRA Minister George Eustice, MP can't take his eyes off the horseshoe he forged at the  anvil with help from Simon Moore, FWCF, dur...
Friday, April 08, 2016

Best Shod Horse Award Debuts at Grand National Steeplechase

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For the first time in the history of both the Worshipful Company of Farriers and racing in the United Kingdom, one of The Company...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Worshipful Company of Farriers Awards "Best Shod Horse" Title at Britain's Horse of the Year Show

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Carl Bettison AWCF (Hons) judging a hunter during the Worshipful Company of Farrier's Best Shod Horse evaluation at Great Britain...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow: Sarah Brown Passes Britain’s Highest Farrier Examination

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Scotland's Sarah Mary Brown joined the small rank of farriers worldwide who have earned the right to add the letters "FWCF"...
Friday, September 04, 2015

Burghley Best Shod Horse: Who Won the Worshipful Company of Farriers Eventing Prize?

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New Zealand rider Tim Price and Ringwood Sky Boy are in fifth place after dressage at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England. But...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Bigfoot on Course: Is Gatcombe's Best Shod Horse the Biggest Shod, Too?

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This horse is making a big splash in the eventing world. British event rider Ben Hobday's big-footed advanced horse is headed to the 4...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Badminton' Farriers Prize 2014: Irish Farrier Wins Best Shod Prize

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Irish rider Clare Abbott trotted up the 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Euro Prince for the 4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse T...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Best Shod Horse at England's Burghley Horse Trials Wore Handmade Shoes by Steve Arnold

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Four happy faces: Farrier Steve Arnold, event horse Let's Dance, rider Jeanette Brakewell, and owner Ruth Williams were celebrating in...
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, May 29, 2013

British Farrier Apprentice System Suspended as Training Suffers Negative Government Evaluation

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Apprentices are traditionally part of the landscape of farriery in Great Britain. These apprentices to Jim and/or Allan Ferrie competed at...
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 ...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

"Best Shod" Classes Keep Farriery Front and Center in Britain and California

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We're coming down the stretch of a very long show season and the end-of-year "Big Shows" will soon be here. All the horses and...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Worshipful Company of Farriers Announces Hoof Trimming Conference

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"Trimming For Soundness" will be the title of a conference launched today by the Worshipful Company of Farriers in Great Britain....