Hi John and welcome to the best metalshaping place on the Interweb to learn stuff. My dad was a farrier from Worksop...
I have every confidence that your blacksmithing skills will directly transfer to sheetmetal. Have a look at what Marcus (Gojeep) is doing and if I remember correctly, he was a Farrier in a previous life. We love photo sequences of the process - triumphs and failures alike, as something can be learned in every case. Make some scrap!