Farrier prices

[Toby_Zaphod]

Due to the cost of diesel rising farrier prices were increased, we now pay £80? for a set of shoes. Does anyone think that when the price of diesel comes down to somewhere around the normal price that the price of horse shoes will come down also? Additionally why do prices for shoes always go up by £5.00, why not £1, £2,£3 ? I think that the suppliers of horse feed, shoes, rugs & tack will never lose out as usual they know that horse owners will always buy as they have no other choice. Opinions?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

£80 is cheap for a set of shoes these days! It's £100 up here.

Of course prices won't fall again either. All that will happen is people will start leaving the shoes off of their horses and either going shoe-less or in boot thingies

 

[eggs]

When my farrier was here last week I asked if he was putting his prices up due to the increase in costs and he said no

£80 is cheap when you think of the costs and time it takes to travel to and then shoe a horse.

 

[dogatemysalad]

My farrier raised his price from £75 to £80 too. Pretty sure the cost will also cover increased prices for equipment, insurance and every other outgoing that the self employed have to meet.
My farrier is hardworking and highly skilled, so I don't begrudge the increase.

 

[Barton Bounty]

I am 90 for a set ? and every 5 weeks and occasionally can last 6 lol

 

[Sprogladite01]

My boy is £95 for a basic full set of shoes and is now up to £120 for pads on front as well - every 5 weeks! I don't see prices coming down, once a price is up there it generally stays there

 

[Britestar]

£95 for a new set, but he does travel over 100 miles to me, so not complaining.

 

[Polos Mum]

IMHO if it encourages people to have a proper look at bare foot - all good from a horse welfare perspective.

Barefoot is not really cheap - my trims are £35 a time every 6-8 weeks. But a pair of boots are £140 and will last 2 years. Also critically my horses foot condition is fab.
I never miss anything because of a missing shoe, we canter and do small XC in boots no bother
I hack to dressage and just take boots off when I get there.

For many it's worth a look at - obviously not 100% of horses but worth a thought.

 

[Highmileagecob]

Plus steel prices are at their highest for years.

 

[Barton Bounty]

IMHO if it encourages people to have a proper look at bare foot - all good from a horse welfare perspective.

Barefoot is not really cheap - my trims are £35 a time every 6-8 weeks. But a pair of boots are £140 and will last 2 years. Also critically my horses foot condition is fab.
I never miss anything because of a missing shoe, we canter and do small XC in boots no bother
I hack to dressage and just take boots off when I get there.

For many it's worth a look at - obviously not 100% of horses but worth a thought.

I wish I could do barefoot , did try for 3 months to just have fronts on but he still hobbled like an old man

 

[Polos Mum]

I wish I could do barefoot , did try for 3 months to just have fronts on but he still hobbled like an old man

It's not always an easy option, a change in diet is often needed most will need boots (which I find super easy to use but do add an extra 2 mins to tacking up) and given the hoof grows at 1 cm per month it's six months from the top of the hoof to the bottom so many people can't last that long!

If you wanted to try again boots would be your friend, not in summer when the ground is hard - but try in Sept and by April it'll have had a proper chance.

 

[Barton Bounty]

It's not always an easy option, a change in diet is often needed most will need boots (which I find super easy to use but do add an extra 2 mins to tacking up) and given the hoof grows at 1 cm per month it's six months from the top of the hoof to the bottom so many people can't last that long!

If you wanted to try again boots would be your friend, not in summer when the ground is hard - but try in Sept and by April it'll have had a proper chance.

I bought a pair of cavallos size 3 never been on, as an emergency for lost shoe purchases, but now im thinking on it, I could try boots all round. BB has very good feet for a tb but they are super flat ? and small , I believe on what you feed gives better rewards on the outside.
Very stony where I am on some parts

 

[JBM]

Mine went from €60 a full set to €65 ? I won’t be complaining

 

[Barton Bounty]

Mine went from €60 a full set to €65 ? I won’t be complaining

Holy moly thats cheap ?

 

[JBM]

Holy moly thats cheap ?

It’s fairly normal price for over here! We wouldn’t pay what you guys are ?
Maybe prices might be same around Dublin? But not sure!

 

[ponynutz]

2019-2020 we paid £65-£75 for a front set so I'd say could be worse. Still, everything needs to slow down price wise!

 

[Bernster]

My farrier said he’d need to increase by something like £15 to cover his increased costs but he didn’t think his clients would take that. He increased by £5 in the end I think. But yes these prices never go down when the relative costs go down.

 

[AntiPuck]

£100 here!

And no, I don't expect that the price will come down, inflation usually sees to that.