Farrier Charges - Trims

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I am in West Sussex. How much do people pay for trims. I have a fantastic reliable farrier but trims are now costing £28.20. The horses are mainly retired liveries so they are not being ridden and are trimmed 7-8 weeks often being trimmed by the apprentice. I am trying to balance the need for an excellent farrier for my own horses in work and duty to keep the cost down to my retirees. I get charged double for a retired shire horse. Any comments? I know good farriers are hard to find.
 
£20 in both areas of Scotland I've been in. Mind you, the barefoot trimmers charge about £45 for a 'consultation' which includes a trim! How about keeping him for your working horses and maybe finding an ex-apprentice of his that's now on his own to come see to the trims?
 
I pay £25, but that's for the services of an excellent remedial farrier. I don't actually need a remedial farrier but my friend has him for her horse who has navicular and has special shoes and he agreed to trim mine when i was looking for a new farrier due to bad trimming from the old one. His feet are so much better now so don't resent a penny of it :) - normally though most trims round her cost about £20.
 
Mine charges between £10 and £15 per horse depending on how much needs to be done but I have four done at the same time.

I changed farriers four years ago because the previous one was just getting ridiculously expensive. He was charging £20 for a trim 5 years ago so God knows how much he is now (his prices went up 7/8% twice a year . . .:()
 
I am in Essex and my farrier charges £25 for Chancer who is my 15.1 gypsy cob with reasonably large feet, and £29 for Farra who has rather large feet, though not for a heavy horse, and does take a little longer to do.

He charges £22 for ponies.

He does an excellent job though and leaves their feet well balanced - even my old very hard to impress vet is pleased with the job he does.
 
I pay 20 pounds and that is including VAT. I think you are paying rather a lot, especially when you are getting a few done at the same time.
 
I charge 15 for a normal trim, 10 if there isnt much to come off and the horse just needs a tidy up. I charge 20 for a draugh trim.

Although if i was going out for just one trim (as sometimes happens) i add a fiver on for the extra fuel.

Hope this helps!
 
I pay £15 a trim

Speaking of which he is out today to do the baggage and a host of others. At the last check there were 3 sets of shoes and 6 trims. It is very worthwhile him coming to our yard :D
 
tullystud said:
I am in West Sussex. How much do people pay for trims. I have a fantastic reliable farrier but trims are now costing £28.20. The horses are mainly retired liveries so they are not being ridden and are trimmed 7-8 weeks often being trimmed by the apprentice. I am trying to balance the need for an excellent farrier for my own horses in work and duty to keep the cost down to my retirees. I get charged double for a retired shire horse. Any comments? I know good farriers are hard to find.
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Hmmm I am in West Sussex and I wonder if you use the same Farrier as me, as alot of work is carried out by his Apprentice(s), however he is watching all the time and they are excellent .... it is a shame as his last Apprentice has flown the nest and I would have loved to have gone with him, however as my Farrier got Motor through the Cushings Induced Laminitis (with the help of me and the Vet of course :)) then I dare not risk leaving him, as he was excellent :) ..... but very expensive at £176.25 for the 2 of them to be fully shod every 5 - 6 weeks eeeeeeeeeek
 
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I am West Sussex too and am charged £20 all in per trim - they are little ponies and it doesn't take him any time at all. He shoes our big horses at the same time. For the relative time involved shoeing vs trimmimg I think the trims are quite pricey but hey ho can't complain versus your costs!
 
Had the farrier out yesterday. £20 for a trim, took 10 minutes and he then had 2 other horses on the yard to see to.

He does a great job so I think it is money well spent.
 
I'm in West Sussex and my farrier checks my youngster and my sister's pony over and trims if necessary for free when shoeing our other two horses. He has also spent 20 minutes just handling and working with my filly for free, even though I am happy to pay the £20 trim charge every 6 weeks even if she needs nothing done, just for the handling.

He's a diamond, although his shoeing prices are fairly high (£80 a set natural balance), but probably not really for this area.
 
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