Twenty-two farriers from seven European countries attended a seminar delivered on Thursday, by the Irish School of Farriery in Kildare Town, Co Kildare.

Organised by the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation (EMHF), delegates from Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Slovakia, Denmark and Ireland were treated to a day’s tuition, part-classroom, part-practical from two of the most senior practitioners and instructors in Ireland, Alwyn McKeown A.W.C.F and Brian Dunne Dip W.C.F, IMFA.