Riders rasp

I adore my rasp, and my farrier is very impressed with how it keeps Shy's feet in shape - he only needs to visit every 12 weeks, and I use it every week.

I was a bit "gentle" with it till i got the hang of using it - I watched a video on Youtube about how to do it properly, and from there, have never looked back. I sit on a stool and off we go (or my bad back gets very bad, lol).

It's designed to keep the rounded shape and to take out chips, not to remove a lot of wall. I', totally amazed at how few people have ever heard of them when they have barefoot horses !
 
I was considering one of these for my mini shetland, when she came to me she had lovely feet, but then my farrier said she didnt need doing much which tbh suited me £20 for a trim for something that takes 5mins. but now she has lost the shape a bit. think i will give it a go.
 
I use one of these on my lot, they're OK for a bit of a tidy, but serious shaping is better done with a "real" rasp, or nippers and rasp.
 
oh this is interesting, I've not heard of these! My farrier friend gave me a rasp to do my babies feet in between trims but I can't use it at all! so this might be worth looking at, and for the shetties as well!
 
They're very good for "ladies" who might not have the heft of a gurt big farrier to put behind a big rasp. They will also stop you from grating your hands and knuckles like parmesan cheese ;-)
 
Can anyone advise on roughly how long the files last? Very interested to see more views on these. Love the video on their website by the way, something about it just makes me smile!
 
Is it ok for anybody to use these on a horses hoof? I was under the impression that only qualified farriers were allowed to carry out any work of this nature, including trimming, shaping etc.
 
mine arrived at lunch time today. My youngsters feet have been rasped. I am impressed. It doesnt take a lot off so its difficult to "do it wrong". Its certainly going to help my youngsters with trimming. I intend to give them a rub round once a week or when we come back from "walkies" if theres a flake or chip. It makes a nice small bevel . Good tool.
 
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moana said:
You can only rasp your own horses, not anybody elses.
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Not sure about that, the UK rule of law says no one other than registered farrier can shoe a horse, but rasping is not shoeing.
I once removed a shoe for another person in an emergency, it was not illegal.
I always wonder about these travellers ponies, can't see many of them forking out £70 a pop for a set of shoes.
 
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I looked in to it but got myself a rasp instead at Mole Valley. My friend has one and it is really effective.
 
Thanks for posting about this, I have one but am a bit timid about using it (which probably isn't helping my horse). I am attending a hoof care workshop next weekend so I hope to come out of that with a plan about what to do with my rasp!! But I have to say, for someone as kack-handed as me, it's well designed and I'm looking forward to putting it to use!
 
Anyone can trim any horses foot from a legal point if view, if that wasn't the case there would be many trimmers out there breaking the law.
 
Surform? Erm, no. The rider's rasp has two blades at an angle so able to rasp two edges at once and create an optimum roll on the edge of the hoof. Easy to use, but still requires some welly to get it working properly.
 
Cortez said:
Surform? Erm, no. The rider's rasp has two blades at an angle so able to rasp two edges at once and create an optimum roll on the edge of the hoof. Easy to use, but still requires some welly to get it working properly.
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For one third the price, I think I'll opt to turn the rasp through 90 degrees!:D
 
Surform is very easy to use.

The Riders Rasp isn't very effective.

The Radius Rasp is supposedly the easiest "soft" option to use.

I prefer an actual rasp and a pair of good gloves :D
 
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