Barton Blacksmith Services

09/03/2023

We wanted to give you a heads up that we'll be closing down our Auckland branch by 17 March 2023.

Unfortunately, we've had to make this tough decision due to several reasons. We know this may come as a surprise and we're sorry for any inconvenience or frustration this may cause.

We want to take this moment to thank you for your support and loyalty over the years. It's been a pleasure working with you and we'll always remember the good times we had together.

We'll do our best to make the transition as smooth as possible for you. We'll make sure to fulfill any appointments that have been confirmed with Karley by 17 March 2023. We will continue to work with you to resolve any outstanding invoice queries or any other matters related to the Auckland branch. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at [email protected].

Thank you again for your business and support. We'll miss you and we're grateful for our shared memories.

Bruce Barton
Director
M 027 363 659

16/02/2023

Trying to workout how I can help out when I get back to NZ in a couple days time with the terrible flooding and distruction. We have staff in Auckland that could probably be sent to lend a hand maybe 10 to 15 hours this week if the roads allow to get there.

I myself have a capable 4wd and small jet boat and would be willing to drive north and catch the ferry over to help out the Napier Hastings people, honestly I have no idea if that would actually be of help at all, but if you are a person that needs help please sing out, I imagine there's a lot of horses, stock and pets that need either saving or feed gotten to them and perhaps I could be of assistance there.

Would any of this be of any help?
Bruce.
My number 0273636596

22/12/2022

All branches are now closed for Christmas & New Year so we can spend time with our friends and families.

All branches return to work as per usual from 7am on Mon 9 Jan 2023.

You can still text to make bookings during this time as Karley will be monitoring the phone (except Dec 25 & 26 and Jan 1 & 2).

On behalf of myself, Chad, Seb, Henry and Karley - thanks for your continuing support. We look forward to seeing you exceed in your chosen discipline! Our best wishes to you, your families and your four footed friends over the festive season as well as a sensational holiday period. Here’s to getting out to enjoy the coming summer weather.

08/07/2022

Price List update
Auckland, Queenstown, Wanaka and any area more than 40 km from 226 Golden road Springvale, Alexandra. All prices include GST
☆Home yard rate (you travel to us, Applies to Kumeu forge also) Full shoeing $185, Fronts/hinds trimmed $140, Barefoot trim $60.

We travel to you, as below.
☆Shoeing all round $220
☆Shoe fronts trim hinds $170
☆Barefoot trim (Multiple horse rate) $75
☆Barefoot trim (Single horse to include travel charge) $105
☆New standard shoes $10each

Alexandra Cromwell and areas within 40km of 226 Golden Road Springvale, Alexandra.
☆Home yard rate (you travel to us) $185, Fronts/hinds trimmed $140, Barefoot trim $60.

We travel to you, as below
☆Shoeing all round $210 incl GST
☆Shoe fronts trim hinds $160
☆Barefoot trim (Multiple horse rate) $70
☆Barefoot trim (Single horse to include travel charge) $100
☆New standard shoes $10each

We have absorbed the huge inflation cost for as long as we can but diesel cost as well as staff wage increases, new vehicles taxes, extra sick days being paid, stock courier costs and general costs we unfortunately have to succumb to needing to make price adjustments. This is as little as possible as we feel for our clients during these times!. These prices come into effect as of Monday 11th July.

On a positive note we are proud to be one of the sponsors helping young riders go abroad with our sponsorship of Lucy Harrex to Compete and training for two weeks at Sau Paulo Brazil in one of the most prestigious shows in South America.

Many thanks Bruce Barton

30/05/2022

Central Otago clients.
Seb is away in the UK for a month as of the 10th June visiting family.
This will obviously cause a shortage of appointments for a short time so get in now while he's still around :)

29/03/2022

23/12/2021

All branches are now closed for Christmas & New Year so we can spend time with our friends and families.

All branches return to work as per usual from 7am on Mon 10 Jan 2022.

You can still text to make bookings during this time as Karley will be monitoring the phone (except Dec 25 & 26 and Jan 1).

On behalf of myself, Lewis, Chad, Josh, Seb and Karley - thanks for your continuing support. We look forward to seeing you exceed in your chosen discipline! Our best wishes to you, your families and your four footed friends over the festive season as well as a sensational holiday period. Here’s to getting out to enjoy the coming summer weather.

18/11/2021

Christmas period announcement.

We will have a shut down period and be closed nation wide 24/12/21 until 9/1/2022 and return back to work on the 10th January.

Please be patient with our lovely bookings star Karley, she is already being inundated with messages so it may take a few days to come back to you.

One final note, we as a general rule won't be taking on more new clients until February so we can focus on looking after our current clientele, veterinary referrals are exempt from this rule.

We hope you all have a good run into Xmas holidays and have a happy new year!

Bruce Barton
Director
Barton Blacksmith Services Ltd

14/10/2021

It's always so nice to get a thank you back. Thanks very much for the lovely letter Heidi Kendrick it's a pleasure to look after your horses and support the event.

05/08/2021

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The Olympic Games are all about the coming together of the best of the best and the human and equine athletes have been meticulously prepared for the occasion. An essential part of that preparation is shoeing, and just as with human athletes, a horse can only perform at its best if the shoes fit per...

01/07/2021

An educational look at the structure of the hoof - worth a watch! Have a question? Ask here 👇

28/06/2021

18/06/2021

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙, 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙿𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚍, 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍.
𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐.

“𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎” 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 - 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝟷,𝟸𝟶𝟶𝚕𝚋 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠.

𝙹𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.
𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 “𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢” 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜.
𝚄𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.

𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎.

𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 - 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗. 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 - 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎. 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 - 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 - 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 - 𝙱𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕 - 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 - 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙳𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 - 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚔. 𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎.

“𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜.

𝙴𝚢𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝? 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝙳𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞? 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙳𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚅𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜... “𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎.”

𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝙽𝚘 - 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞? 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌.

𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜.

𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚔-𝚢𝚘𝚞-𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐-𝚘𝚗-𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛-𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜.

𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙵𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚜. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚒𝚛.

𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝟹𝟹. 𝙽𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜.

𝙷𝚎’𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 - 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 - 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙰 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎.

𝙰 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 - “𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗.”

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.

𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚋.

𝚁𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝚂𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎. 𝙶𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.

𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙, 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐...

- 𝘣𝘺 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘻

📸 Stephanie Spur - Equine Photographer

17/05/2021

Thanks for the fabulous feedback Jaclyn!! 👌

04/05/2021

Our fab team would love to help you and your horses with your needs 😊 send us a message!

Pamper day for the team, they always love getting there feet done.

Couldn’t ask for a better farrier, always does the best job on my unicorns 🦄

Lewis Sharp
Barton Blacksmith Services Ltd

02/05/2021

Looking super Jaclyn! Well done team

26/04/2021

Autumn 🍂 is well and truly here, and this is evident to those of us in Central Otago! There are a few considerations for your horse’s feet coming into the change of season:

✅ Shoes or no shoes? Often times with shorter days, a slow and competition season and less-than-perfect weather people turn their horses out for a holiday over the winter months ☃️ A consideration is whether your horse needs shoes for their break. This depends largely on ground in your area as well as your horse’s feet and level/type of work they’re staying in (if any) 🐎 Discuss with your farrier if in doubt!

✅ Preparation for the wet – particularly around our Auckland branch and in parts of Southland the ground gets pretty boggy over the winter months. Thrush is a common issue in all areas and while keeping horses feet clean and dry can work wonders, we can highly recommend Mustad Thrush Buster when prevention alone fails 👍

✅ A little something extra… To help things along through the harsh winter months we recommend the use of SBS TopCoat Hoof Conditioner. This product will help keep your horses feet from going super soft in the wet by creating a water resistant barrier. It also seals up old nail holes and essentially sticks crumbling flaky walls back together. It contains gentian violet which acts as an anti-microbial and can help get on top of nasty bugs early on 🦠 As an added bonus, it creates a great shine and will look fabulous when you’re out competing at the winter series over the cold months!

Both these must-have products are available for purchase through us – ask us next time we are popping through! We’ve got you covered this autumn 🍁

23/04/2021

We’re keen to do more videos for our followers! 🎥 what do you guys want to see? Post a comment here 👇 and share this post so we can get as many opinions as possible!

We already have a couple on our page so if you haven’t already seen them trot over and have a look 🐎

20/04/2021

If farriers were horses... 🐴 + ☕️ = 🦄

19/04/2021

Seb putting the finishing touches on a very relaxed Central Otago client’s pedicure 💋

Seb arrived in NZ from the UK a year ago holding a DipWCF qualification 🔖 He quickly gained a reputation for quality tradesmanship, a sunny personality and a calm patient manner with the horses 🐴 Seb is brilliant with both young nervous horses and stiff older horses that require a bit of empathy and understanding.

If you’re after a skilled, knowledgeable farrier with a quiet steady approach you won’t find a better fit! Contact us to book in with him 👍

15/04/2021

⚠️ A Cautionary Post about Autumn Founder

Founder or laminitis is generally considered to be a springtime ailment affecting fat ponies; however it is something all horse owners should be aware of.

✅ Laminitis is a painful condition characterised by inflammation of the laminae. Left untreated, the sensitive laminae may separate from the hoof wall and in severe cases the coffin bone may rotate within the hoof, causing irreversible damage 😱

✅ There are several causes of laminitis, however one of the major ones is a sudden access to lush forage as we see in spring and autumn as a result of grass flushes 🍀

✅ Laminitis affects the front feet more commonly. Symptoms include feet hot 🔥 to the touch, a rocked-back stance as the horse tries to alleviate the discomfort in his front feet by taking more weight behind, a high heart rate and reluctance to move.

✅ Prevention is absolutely the best cure. Watch your pastures over the coming months, in particular in areas were grass is short and has been stressed by drought, and is now growing quickly due to autumn rainfall. ☔️ Try to limit your horses time on fast growing shoots 🌱🌱🌱 and supplement his diet with older longer grass or quality hay.

If you have any concerns about your horses weight or laminitis risk please contact your local vet 🦸‍♂️ to discuss the best way to manage your horses health

14/04/2021

Who can guess what shoe Seb is making in this photo?

The boys generally use pre-fabricated shoes for the sake of your bill and their bodies, however they are skilled at hand-making specialty shoes and regularly do so where veterinary work requires it!

Who wants to see a video showing how a shoe is forged from a piece of flat bar? What kind of shoe would you like to see made? Drop us a comment here 👇

12/04/2021

When your worker falls asleep on the job... 😴 If by age 11 he hasn’t got his apprenticeship there may not be much hope for Levi in this trade!

He may not be a great farrier - only due to his lack of opposable thumbs - but he has his jobs on the team and takes them very seriously. These include:

🦴 Customer relations (“throw my ball!”)

🦴 Helping the client with clean up (by vacuuming up pieces of hoof)

🦴 Assisting with horse handling (telling off pawing ponies - because dad does it so why not help?)

Levi usually accompanies Bruce in the truck so give the old man a scratch if you see him around 🐶

08/04/2021

Priorities 🐴 “...But honey the farrier told me to!” 😂 Whose partner lets them get away with this sort of carry-on?

🙌 Pop a shout-out in the comments to your guy or gal that tolerates being the second🥈most important thing in your life👇

06/04/2021

Hoof issues?

The saying goes “No hoof, no horse” - so it follows that whoever is working on your horse’s feet is of great importance to your horse’s welfare, and your success and enjoyment as a combination.

We offer high-quality work and service, and are experienced and competent in remedial and veterinary work. We would love to help you manage your horse’s feet to the highest possible standard!

Contact us today to discuss your horse’s needs!

01/04/2021

Farriers - because even vets need heroes 😜 🦸‍♂️

All jokes aside, we know that this sport... well... it takes a village!

✅ We work closely with your vet to diagnose and troubleshoot any issues and come up with a plan going forward that works for you and your horse 🐴 💪

✅ We also work proactively alongside your vet to make sure we’re doing the best job we can for your equine partner - something as simple as a set of x-rays can help confirm that we’re on the right track and there is nothing amiss

✅ We have a good working relationship with the local vets in both our areas and believe that teamwork makes the dream work 👏🏻

31/03/2021

Congratulations to Lindsey Field and Ashley Robb who were a tie for our ass joke competition - we couldn’t pick between them! 😂 there were a few more that were pretty close though!

Honourable mention to Elmo Jackson who actually got the boss to bite - nice fishing skills there! 🎣

Lindsey Field and Ashley Marie Robb, flick us a message and we can send that hoof pick out! (Promise it won’t be as rusty as this well-used well-loved one - it’s nearly 10years old so they’re built to last!)

30/03/2021

Sometimes you have to do the donkey work yourself! 😂 Post your best ass joke below 👇 best one by 9am tomorrow wins a handmade horseshoe hoof pick

28/03/2021

Charging into the week like 💪

26/03/2021

Price Increase - https://mailchi.mp/a20ceea0e6ae/price-increase