Thanks everyone and in reply to some of it the farrier is a lovley man but not that hot.
As for the mare she only just started having shoes on. I was there the last 2 times she was shod and there wasnt an issue as although i would never hit her unless she was about to squash me she has learnt...
The horse I ride has started to be dreadfully with the farrier she rears and spins.
She has never done this before always been a fidget but never that bad. I'm not there when the farrier does this.
This type of behaviour was typical of her when I first started riding her a few years ago but I...