Veterinary students to complete work placements with farriers
Seven veterinary students will spend a week with a top farrier this summer as part of a new arrangement between the Worshipful Company of Farriers (WCF) and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
The WCF is funding the placements to increase interaction and understanding between the professions.
This article was first published in Horse & Hound (27 May, ’10)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.