Kingston-Mayne Farrier Service

19/05/2024

21/06/2023

24/12/2022

🎄🎄 A very Merry Christmas to all our wonderful clients!
We look forward to seeing you all next year! 🎄🎄

10/09/2022

🐴 🌟 Happy Sunday Everyone 🌟🐴

What a great few weeks we have had, meeting some lovely new clients and many horses.

We are extremely grateful to all our clients 🙌

With our books getting fuller and fuller, rebooking before your horse is due is becoming essential to ensure you don't miss out.
While we still keep some 'emergency' appointments, we would hate for you to have to wait for an opening.

With the wet weather we are having, we also have the option for you to float your horse/s to our stable block to be shod/trimmed.

Regards,
The team at Kingston-Mayne Farrier Service

16/08/2022

'no hoof - no horse'

30/07/2022

💅 Saturday morning trims

29/07/2022

🌞 a beautiful day to shoe with the sun shining 🙌

Specialised shoes for a harness racing horse recovering from an injury 🐎

Bookings available for next week - message the page or call on 0404 827 451

Happy Horsing 👌

05/07/2022

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27/06/2022

5 Things Your Horse Will Always Remember!

"Horses have an exceptional level of awareness meaning that they can understand situations much more deeply than other animals. They are so attentive that they can pick on other people's emotions through body language, voice, or just the general vibe you give off. This type of awareness can lead to much more intense experiences for horses. Here are some experiences your horse will remember forever!

1. Places
Horses have quasi photographic memory, meaning that they can remember places very clearly. It can be positive or negative, depending on the experience they had in a particular place. Imagine your horse witnessed a very traumatic event. Most likely he will never forget the place or event and move away from that area. If your horse seems hesitating to go somewhere, listen to him, comfort him and trust him, he knows what he's doing!

2. People
As horses have an almost photographic memory, it’s no surprise that they remember people by their faces. Show them the picture of someone they know and they will probably react. Horses can even recognize people after years of being apart! But their memory goes far beyond our general appearance. Horses can read our facial expressions and remember them for later, too.

As part of the study, horses were shown pictures of people with happy or sad expressions. After meeting these people in person (with neutral expressions), the horses reacted based on the original expression they had memorized in the photos. If you meet a horse for the first time, then you have to make a very good impression on him!

3. Emotions
Besides places and people, horses have an innate ability to recognize human emotions. Horses have a tendency to perceive body language, even the most subtle, which helps them determine a person's feelings. If we are feeling stressed, sad or angry, our physical appearance tends to reflect this. Same goes when we feel happy or excited! Horses can not only read emotions, they also remember a person based on the last emotion they felt from their last interaction. This is a useful strategy for horses to avoid any possible aggressive encounters.

4. The other horses
Humans aren't the only ones who can leave an indelible imprint on a horse! Horses can remember and recognise other horses from their social network. Whether it takes a few years or decades, one horse will never forget its relationship with another. This doesn't mean as much they will pair up with each other if they ever get together. One horse will only react to another if the bond they had was particularly strong. If he knows a horse from a previous encounter, he may treat it differently than others.

Other important bonds between horses, like the one that unites a mare and her foal, are known to last a lifetime. As horses also remember smells, this can help a mare recognize her baby, even years after separation.

5. The words
Horses are able to understand words much deeper than we thought, but not in the traditional sense we give words. They understand the words by tone, height and length of the voice. Words with fewer syllables tend to stick better to horses. They can tell when someone is insulting them and when someone is complimenting them. Don't underestimate their intelligence, because there's a good chance they're listening very attentively to every word you utter.

Horses are incredibly gifted animals, and should be treated as such! Having an idea of the memories horses hold with them forever will allow you to understand and communicate with them even more deeply. Whatever the experience, good or bad, you can be sure your horse has felt it fully. Do your best to give them a good memory, and they will surely do the same."

17/06/2022

🤣 But we just love ALL the pretty things - saddle pads, blingy browbands, pretty helmets, cute (flattering) breeches, soft leather boots... the list goes on!

14/06/2022

100% 💗

01/06/2022

🌟 Winter Bookings 🌟

We have a few bookings available next week, but we are booking up fast 🙌

We are doing our best to work around the wet and miserable weather ;

Happy winter riding 🌨️

06/05/2022

🐎 Bookings available next week 🐎

Servicing the northern suburbs, with runs to flaxley, Kersbrook, humbug scrub regularly

Specialising in racehorses and performance horses

Happy Horsing 🐎

16/04/2022

Happy Easter to all our wonderful clients 🐰
We hope you have the best day eating way too much chocolate 🙈
Best wishes from the team;
Jon and Tayla 🐰

04/04/2022

Big Fan of Blue Pegasos plastic shoes. so is p*e wee😄

01/04/2022

A huge thankyou to our old clients and new clients who have used us recently - we are loving being back in the swing of things 👌
We have a couple appointments available next week still if you are needing your equine friend done

Regards

15/03/2022

Morning everyone;

We have availability on Friday this week and a couple days next week -
We are slowly getting busy again, which is great news for us and for your equine friends!

Still opening our books to new clients, and welcome back to some of our old clients 🥰

Don't forget we had a price list change -

A price list change;
• $50 a trim
• $90 front shoeing + backs trimmed
• $120 full shoeing

Over 30 years experience in performance horses

Give us a call/text on 0404 827 451

Regards,
Jon and Tayla 🌻

13/03/2022

We are heading to the riverland this Tuesday and have some time for either a couple more trims or shoeings

Send us a message or call 0404827451

06/03/2022

Why it is important to have a good schedule with your farrier 👌 'no hoof, no horse'
Look after one of the most important parts of the horses body

Why it’s important to keep shoeing cycles no more than 5-6 weeks

Photo showing the difference in a pretty good footed horse with one foot just reshod & the other at the end of the cycle yet to be done.

01/03/2022

Afternoon everyone!

We would like to announce to all our wonderful previous clients that we are back.

A price list change;
• $50 a trim
• $90 front shoeing + backs trimmed
• $120 full shoeing

Over 30 years experience in performance horses ✅

Officially taking on new clients

Give us a call on 0404 827 451

Regards,
Jon and Tayla 🌻

25/08/2020

Morning everyone!
A quick update to let all our customers know that due to having a full team of racehorses, appointments will become limited. Therefore if you need any farrier work, make sure you book in in advance. Weekends will no longer be available due to racing. We will try our best to accommodate everyone as we appreciate your support 😄🏆

20/08/2020

Due to sickness in the family and the recent rain we have had to postpone alot of appointments. Please bare with us as we re book you in and catch up on missed messages 😁hope everyone has been staying dry and warm!

17/07/2020

We love customer reviews 👌

13/07/2020

Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder to anyone needing shoeing or trims done this week, we are filling up fast -
Make sure you book in 😁 limited spots for the end of the week available

Regards
Kingston-Mayne team 😁

09/07/2020

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