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Tom has lectured on farriery related subjects in the UK and France.

Presentations :

December 3rd 2009

• Foal limb development

• Quarter cracks

• Sandcracks

• Abscesses and penetrations

• Modern shoeing styles

Bristol Vet School

Clinical Club students at Bristol School for Veterinary Science, Langford, UK

May 7th 2009

• Foal limb development

• Abscesses and penetrations

• Modern shoeing styles

• Dorsal wall lifting theory of equine laminitis & vertical grooving for laminitis

Plumpton College

Ditchling Rd, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AE

March 25th 2009

• Foal limb development

• Abscesses and penetrations

• Modern shoeing styles

Rockingham Forest Riding Club

Raunds Football & Social Club, Kiln Park, London Road, Raunds, Northamptonshire, NN9 6EQ, UK

January 31st  2009

• Foal limb development

• Abscesses and penetrations

• Modern shoeing styles

• Dorsal wall lifting theory of equine laminitis and vertical grooving

Moulton College

Pitsford Centre, Moulton, Northants. NN3 7RR

November 11th 2008

• Dorsal wall lifting theory of equine laminitis and vertical grooving

Presentation to Clinical Club students at Bristol School for Veterinary Science, Langford, UK

May 8th 2008

• Dorsal wall lifting theory of equine laminitis and vertical grooving

Presentation 3rd & 4th year students at the Royal Veterinary College, Potters Bar, Herts., UK

February 6th 2008

• Problem feet newly qualified farriers may meet

Presentation to The Worshipful Company of Farriers

Guildhall, London, UK

December 8th & 9th 2007

• A new insight into laminitis & Hoof problems

Stromsholm Apprentice Weekend

NAFBAE, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, UK

November 1st 2007

• A new insight into laminitis

Shillington Riding Club

Shillington Lower School Hall, Shillington, Bedfordshire, UK

April 17th 2007

• A new insight into laminitis

Rockingham Forest Riding Club

Raunds Football & Social Club, Kiln Park, London Road, Raunds, Northamptonshire, NN9 6EQ, UK

October 27th 2006

• Laminitis, it can't happen to my horse!

Bedfordshire Branch of The British Horse Society

Nottingham Rooms, Woburn Street, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, UK

April 26th 2006

• Laminitis, it can't happen to me or my horse!

  Cambridgeshire Branch of The British Horse Society

The College of Animal Welfare, Wood Green Animal Shelter, London Road, Godmanchester, Huntingdon,UK

June 9th 2005

• The Dorsal Wall Lifting Theory of Equine Laminitis and Vertical Grooving,

The Forge, Longmeadow Farm, Coombe Rd., Shaldon, Teignmouth, Devon, UK

September 18th 2004

• Hoof wall grooving in the treatment of laminitis,

  Free Communications, British Equine Veterinary Association

Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK

March 5th 2004

• Dorsal Wall Resections, The Dorsal Wall Lifting Theory & Grooving for laminitis

Laminitis Conference, NAFBAE, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, UK

June 21st 2003

• The Dorsal Wall Lifting Theory of Equine Laminitis

European Federation of Farrier Associations AGM

Cadre Noir, Saumur, France

April 29th 2003

• Farriery lecture

Wisbech Shire Horse Society

Articles:

Connemara Chronicle, Volume 37, 2010

• The Equine Foot , Page 147

Forge Magazine, February 2010

• Demystifying Club Foot, Page 4

Forge Magazine, October 2009

• Minimising hoof distortion in laminitis

Forge Magazine, August 2009

• Distortion - the hidden menace in laminitis, Page 12

Horse Health, February/March 2006 (issue 2)

• What do we know about laminitis? , Page 20

Hoofcare & Lameness (issue 72)

• Deep Cleft Thrush Infections

Forge

• Hoof growth in Normal and Laminitic Horses, Forge 89 (issue 5), Pages 11-12, 19-20.
• Laminitis induced by heel trimming of upright feet, October 2000
• The Dorsal wall lifting theory, Forge, December 2000

Horse & Hound

• Finding the right balance, 13 February 1997, page 56
• Hardening up brittle hooves, 20 March 1997, page 82
• Mismatched feet,12 June 1997, page 66
• Frog damage can be 'shear' disaster, 16 October 1997, page 74
• Trimming feet the natural way, 15 January 1998, page 70
• First steps to a healthy life,9 April 1998, page 78
• On the level, 23 July 1998, page 74
• Road rage,7 January 1999, page 69
• Bearing up, 5 August 1999, page 70
• Cover story, 9 December 1999, page 64
• The full picture, 23 December 1999, page 64
• Cracking up, 25 May 2000, page 60
• Growing Pains,16 November 2000,  page 50
• Best foot forward, 28 November 2002, page 19