Feet First Farriery Ltd

31/01/2025

Little trip down west today to visit Run through together with some caulk and wedge roadsters on behind and Luke getting some plain stamped flat shoes on in front! Nice to see the brilliant cob driven to the forge then driven home again!

01/12/2024

🎄🎄🎄 CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 🎄🎄🎄

Now we are at the 1st of December, we can finally talk about Christmas.

So we've put together a little giveaway competition as a thanks for all the support from clients, equines and followers over the past year!!!

We have put together a horsey Christmas hamper including;

🎄 A decorative handmade copper roadster caulk and wedge horseshoe 🎄

🎄 1x pair of Woof Wear Club overreach boots (vitally important piece of kit)🎄

🎄 1x Kevin Bacon's Liquid Hoof Dressing 🎄

🎄 1x Horslyx Original Lick 🎄

🎄 1x Pack of Christmas Pudding Stud Muffins 🎄

🎄 1x Poultice Kit 🎄

🎄 HY Equestrian Flex Lead Rope 🎄

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We'll select a winner at random on the 15/12/2024 and get the prizes out to you soon after!



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29/11/2024

Finishing off Friday with the darkness firmly set in, with the head torches getting their use summer seems a long time ago! And one of the last horses of the day where keeping it simple with basic and fundamental forging / shoemaking skills can be a real asset even on some of the most challenging conformed horse’s

14/11/2024

Make and fit practice run today on a mare with chronic osteoarthritis in the hock, presenting with a loss of flexion and stood under posture we decided to make a pair of graduated straight bars with set down bar to accommodate the caudal aspect of the frog, although a low cranial swing phase was apparent there was no notable dorsal toe squaring and a toe clip with no upturn or set toe was used as to not restrict the hoof mechanism and add security to the attachment during the heavy impact phase of the stride. Posture was dramatically improved post shoeing with noticeable fluency in the dynamic aspect

18/10/2024

Friday morning at the vets helping to create a package for ongoing care post surgery. Horse being found to have Septic Pedal Osteitis at the dorsal distal margin, a condition that may result from concurrent hoof infections or direct pe*******on injury. After surgical intervention debriding the affected area we applied a hospital plate to create protection and provide a way of holding dressings in the surgical site. Frog support and solar packing was also given to the contralateral foot to negate any problems that may possibly arise from overloading / weight baring. A very beneficial shoe when needed, that can easily be evidenced of use going back into the 1800’s by the likes of Lungwitz and Dollar as pictured in his first edition ‘A handbook of horseshoeing’ 1898. Thanks for the great work and care from the Veterinary Hospital

16/10/2024

A case presented today with short term loss of performance and sporadic lameness over the last several weeks, after an assessment of the equine and search of the foot we found a deep fissure in the central sulcus of the frog that was invaded with a localized bacterial infection and highly sensitive. Being an unplanned case we opted to fabricate a bar shoe with a standard stock horseshoe and metal insert due to time allocated. The bar shoe along with correct trimming that creates a suitable plane, level landing and correct movement of the hoof mechanism, will ensure stability in the caudal region of the foot negating any independent shearing movement of each heel allowing the fissure to heal. Fabricating the shoe also allowed us to place the bar slightly dorsal to a standard straightbar to ensure an accumulation of debris doesn't occur in the affected area and for the owner access to apply a topical treatment to help with the bacterial invasion. Although a largley strong hoof capsule we believe the environment (a very wet and soggy cornwall) was a large contributor to this.

04/10/2024

🐎Make and fit Fridays 🐎 Bit of a run through with a plain stamp aluminium heartbar in front and a whip across lateral extension on behind. Joe got his first pair of fronts from start to finish under his belt with a make and fit from 13 1/2” 7/8” x 3/8” and produced a spanking job of it!

14/09/2024

Just back from a great day at the Hereford Master and Apprentice competition, great day catching up with some awesome guys and pulling in 3rd with Joe in the shoemaking with a tricky caulk and feather for Joe to make and he aced it!! Also had a tidy run in the shoeing with doing a sweet job on the hind very well done!!! Thanks to everyone involved and to for the sponsoring and prizes

04/08/2024

Sunday Funday, Practice go in the forge! Front Heartbar and Spiral Medial Lift Straight bar, now for a bit of .tv

02/08/2024

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02/07/2024

Horse presenting today with broken hind feet around the bearing border due to the hard ground conditions and stamping at flies. The affected horn was mainly in the location of where a traditional 1/4 clips would fit therefore rendering them unsuitable to achieve a secure and safe position. Although modern materials are a great asset and could have been used traditional forging skill is still a great asset to learn and in this situation was a simple but effective shoeing plan!

26/06/2024

Boycie all ready and waiting for us in the sun today summer (maybe) here at last! 🌞🌞🌞

19/05/2024

Great few days at Competing Devon County Show, Joe having a great go for his first competition and coming 4th in the 1st and 2nd years thoroughly deserved for all his dedication! And the hind job from the fireman doorman pairs class cheers to for coming down great to work with you buddy! Was great to see good friends and thanks to everyone involved in organising an awesome competition!

05/04/2024

Finishing the week with a bit of problem solving! Thoroughbred presenting with a hind lateral heel avulsion and solar pe*******on wound with subsequent sub solar infection. Due to weather conditions traditional fixing methods weren't an option and needed to keep the applied package as light as I could so come up with a whip across lateral extension bar shoe with hospital plate from aluminium and glued on with methyl methacrylate. This allowed protection to site and me to float the affected heel. Owner will continue to apply topical treatment and dressing under the removable hospital plate! Thanks to for their swift and valuable help on the case!

16/03/2024

Having a few good practice runs on horses the last couple of days, cheers to my good mate for coming down from Gloucestershire to help with the practice! Hind heart bar 17” of 1” x 5/16” and a straight bar front from 15 1/2” of 1” x 5/16” both hammer finish and a 3/4 fullered front from 15” of 1” x 3/8”

11/03/2024

One of the Birthday Jobs today a referral case from the local vets, applied a pair of Moreaid squish pads to help a recovering laminitic shetland. Applied a with a first fix of cyanoacrylate then fully fixed with acrylic! Thanks to the for some awesome products

10/03/2024

Another busy weekend bending steel, tool and fullered hunter shoes coming out the forge today and a day away in Cheshire yesterday teaching shoemaking to guys working towards their associate exam