Farriers at Events

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meardsall_millie

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Afternoon all

Just a quick straw poll. How much have you been charged at an event / show / competition for the farrier to;

1. Knock a shoe back on (when you have the shoe)

2. Replace a shoe (farrier supplies shoe)

Ta muchly!
 
Floss went through a phase of pulling one front shoe xc. Replacement £20 and refit £15.

At one event (think it was Eland) turned out farrier had trained with my farrier and they were good mates so did it for nothing.
 
It cost me £40 for a shoe to be replaced when I did not have the shoe and the horse had taken off part of the hoof with it!!
Yes is was expensive, but it did take him almost 40 minutes as he had to change the placement of the nails and ensure that the balance was still right and the horse wasn't sore with the oddly placed nails.
 
£20 for a new one. My farrier has taken a set of mine off and cleaned them up and given them to me to keep spare in the lorry so that next time it happens it can just be a refit and also be much quicker.
 
This weekend I was £80 for a hot shoe refit for all 4. I didnt mind though because they did great job and were very considerate of how much time I had. Plus, they've given up their weekend to be there!
 
My daughter's horse finished the SJ at Isleham this year with one shoe hanging on by two nails only. Farrier took shoe off and re-fitted and only charged me £5 - I gave him £10 for his trouble!
 
£15 to refit. Looked like the farrier had stood on one side of the lorry park and thrown the shoe and the nails in the general direction of the horse on the other side though - absolutely lousy job, but I was in no position to complain!

Got all 4 tightened up for free at Monmouth though - great service!
 
Shoe was hanging off after xc at Milton Keynes so farrier pulled it off and didn't charge me. Didn't bother having it put back on as mine was due out the next day. I did get him a coffee as a thank you.
 
I've come across farriers charging for a refit anything from FOC (Eland dressage warm up, so bought him a coffee and bacon roll once dressage was over with) up to £20 (Thornton Watlass). Never lost the actual shoe. I also once had it where I could not get my studs in for love nor money (despite cleaning out the stud holes the day before). I got the farrier to stud up and he charged £5. Since then I have always put blanks in before I leave home!
 
charlimouse said:
I also once had it where I could not get my studs in for love nor money (despite cleaning out the stud holes the day before). I got the farrier to stud up and he charged £5. Since then I have always put blanks in before I leave home!
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Really?? I hate studding so much I'd happily pay anyone a fiver to stud up for me, and probably even more than that. Now considering just begging the farrier at every event to do it for me! :D
 
Got a freebie last year as event farrier used to be my farriers apprentice ;) I do know that he doesn't do events any more as doesn't even cover costs and gave up his Sunday to do it.

What would people think if all entries were increased by £3 to cover onsite farrier?!



I'd pay whatever it cost if it meant competing vs not competing.
 
I was once charged £10 to put 1 nail in a shoe that just needed tightening up before xc. I understand they have to make their money, but I thought that was excessive for all of 30 seconds work!
 
oldie48 said:
Cost is always going to be higher as they have no idea if they will get any business or not and they are there for the day. Folks have to make a living!
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But they don't rock up at an event for the weekend hoping to make some money ;)! My best friends OH is the farrier at a popular event and he gets a very tidy weekend sum from the venue for just being there.......he's really not bothered whether he sees a horse or not......easy money ;)!!!!!!!
 
Sneedy said:
But they don't rock up at an event for the weekend hoping to make some money ;)! My best friends OH is the farrier at a popular event and he gets a very tidy weekend sum from the venue for just being there.......he's really not bothered whether he sees a horse or not......easy money ;)!!!!!!!
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This particular event had published last year's accounts in the programme. The farrier was listed as a £300 charge.

Thanks for your contributions everyone. I was charged £20 for a refit on Saturday which seemed a lot for 6 nails and 5 minutes time - but would appear to be the going rate :rolleyes:
 
Nicnac;11917816 What would people think if all entries were increased by £3 to cover onsite farrier?! [/QUOTE said:
Absolutely not!!! Not only would it lead to people taking the mick but I've only once used an on site farrier in the last 4 years of eventing which cost me £20 (that was smack on 4 years back come to think of it), would have spent a small fortune if I was paying an extra £3 per time to cover the farrier for a service I was ony using very rarely.
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Matafleur said:
Really?? I hate studding so much I'd happily pay anyone a fiver to stud up for me, and probably even more than that. Now considering just begging the farrier at every event to do it for me! :D
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Me too! Tempted to pay a visit to the T/down farrier on Sunday and get him to stud up for me. Especially given last time I was there I had to get him to wrench out a stud I'd got stuck in his shoe (took several mins but he didn't charge me anything)
 
Paid £5 for one stud to be put in at the weekend, it was spinning when we tried. By the time I had walked horse back to the lorry the stud was gone so another £2.50 for a new stud and I won't do that again!!!
 
Had two fronts nailed back on at weekend by my own farrier for £5. Dad was a bit miffed that they had charged me as most of my money is sent their way anyway! Very grateful that they give up their weekends though and I appreciate they are running a business.
 
Nicnac said:
What would people think if all entries were increased by £3 to cover onsite farrier?!
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I wouldn't be impressed, 'cause mine don't wear shoes... ;)

At many endurance rides in Scotland, you have to pass a farrier inspection before the ride. It's the farrier's job to pronounce your horse's feet fit for competition, and it's made clear in the rules that it's not his job to fix problems for you. That being said, at larger events I've been at, there's been a farrier that has travelled to points on the route to help people with lost shoes.

The last few times, I've presented to the farrier in hoof boots to save time (perfectly legit), and they're generally very interested, especially in the Renegades, which are not as common yet.
 
meardsall_millie said:
This particular event had published last year's accounts in the programme. The farrier was listed as a £300 charge.

Thanks for your contributions everyone. I was charged £20 for a refit on Saturday which seemed a lot for 6 nails and 5 minutes time - but would appear to be the going rate :rolleyes:
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However, look at it this way... £20 is not a great deal to pay if it enables you to continue on to compete in the even...

You should be like me... a member of the BF brigade (currently) you would have saved yourself £20:p I dread the day my boy starts jumping on grass and I have to reconsider this!
 
Queenbee said:
However, look at it this way... £20 is not a great deal to pay if it enables you to continue on to compete in the even...

You should be like me... a member of the BF brigade (currently) you would have saved yourself £20:p I dread the day my boy starts jumping on grass and I have to reconsider this!
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You're quite right, it did indeed enable me to continue in the competition, for which I'm very grateful :)

If the horse was barefoot however, we wouldn't have even got as far as the start line as he does a very good impression of his legs dropping off without shoes :rolleyes:
 
spookypony said:
I wouldn't be impressed, 'cause mine don't wear shoes... ;)

At many endurance rides in Scotland, you have to pass a farrier inspection before the ride. It's the farrier's job to pronounce your horse's feet fit for competition, and it's made clear in the rules that it's not his job to fix problems for you. That being said, at larger events I've been at, there's been a farrier that has travelled to points on the route to help people with lost shoes.

The last few times, I've presented to the farrier in hoof boots to save time (perfectly legit), and they're generally very interested, especially in the Renegades, which are not as common yet.
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I have had a lecture from each farrier so far (pleasure rides, horse completely sound:mad:). I am too lazy to put her boots on as she doesn't wear them for the ride but maybe I should lol
 
meardsall_millie said:
You're quite right, it did indeed enable me to continue in the competition, for which I'm very grateful :)

If the horse was barefoot however, we wouldn't have even got as far as the start line as he does a very good impression of his legs dropping off without shoes :rolleyes:
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PMSL, horses!! they can be pansys cant they?! :D Im quite lucky as I have ridden ben barefoot since backing (a year now!) but I have visions of handbrake turns with extremely messy endings if we jump bf! :p
 
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