INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FARRIERS - Event Information


Event Name:
Visby Products Farrier Supplies Hands-On Clinic with Simon Curtis PhD FWCF APF, West Palm Beach, FL (7.5 CE)

Event Type(s):
Clinic

Description:
Clinician:
  • Simon Curtis PhD FWCF APF
Topics:

LIMITED SPACE - Reservations Required

APPROVED FOR 7.5 AAPF CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Event Date:
February 5, 2022

Event Time:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

Location:
Jim Brandon Equestrian Center
7500 Forest Hill Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33413

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Contact Person:
Diane & Jeff Gartner
(phone: 561-965-9602)

Details:
Dr. Simon Curtis has been a practicing farrier in Newmarket for 44 years. He has lectured and demonstrated farriery in more than 30 countries on 6 continents including the USA, Australia, India, Russia, and Brazil. He is an author of 4 text books on farriery. He has been published in numerous journals. Simon is the only farrier to have been awarded an Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Farriers (2001-2002) and has chaired the Farriers Registration Council (2006-9). He is a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Farriers by examination (FWCF) and is currently an examiner. Simon is a 4th generation farrier; his family have been farriers and blacksmiths on the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk border for at least 150 years. In 2005 Simon was inducted into the International Farriers Hall of Fame at the Kentucky Derby Museum. He gained a First Degree, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Farriery through Myerscough College, University of Central Lancashire in 2011 and completed a PhD degree in Equine Physiology and Biomechanics in 2017. In 2018 Simon Curtis was presented with the Sir Colin Spedding award for his contribution to equine knowledge, and published The Hoof of the Horse.

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Approved for 7.5 IAPF Continuing Education Credits