SHOES how much are you paying????

[Beckie65]

As title really how much are you all paying for a full set of shoes for your horses?? x

 

[FleabittenT]

Just gone up from £55 to £60 for a full set, £65 with road studs. We're in Wales.

Other farriers in the area charge up to £80 a set

 

[Jane_Lou]

£58 for full set, £50 for refits, £1 per stud hole.

 

[madeleine1]

55 pounds a set every 6 to 7 weeks

 

[bexcy-bee]

£40 a set, and £1 a stud hole

 

[K27]

£75 a set plus travel

 

[rosie fronfelen]

£50 per set and £10 for trimming.

 

[Winklepoker]

£40 a set, and £1 a stud hole

WOW... who are you using?

I am paying £65!

 

[Laura1812]

I was paying £70 a set 2 years ago and was travelling the horse to the farrier. now they are all bare and I trim myself.

 

[MrsMozart]

Nothing. Can't get hold of my farrier!

 

[SplashofSoy]

£40 per new set. Nothing extra for stud holes but only have them in summer anyway.

 

[killikyle]

I'm £68 for a full set and £18 for a trim, but he IS a Master Farrier and I worship the ground he walks on!

 

[Clarew22]

£150 (includes bar shoes on front) every 6 weeks. Thankfully he does a refit in between which is £100.

Keeps him sound so just have to keep writing the cheques and try not to think about it

 

[siobhain]

£75 for a full set.

Although last visit she got all shoes off when the farrier decided she was playing up too much and would come back a week later when she was sedated and charged £35 for them coming off + trim and then £75 a week later for the shoes so £110. God wish i spent that much on my own shoes!

 

[Vetwrap]

£65 for new set - £50 for re-fits. About £80 for a set including bar shoes. £15 for a trim.

Old boys are both shod - one has really carp feet. Youngster has nice solid little feet and is unshod. Am hoping to keep him this way and maintain them myself.

 

[Bug2007]

£65 a set.....about right for my area.

 

[siobhain]

£40 a set, and £1 a stud hole

Wow! dont suppose your farrier covers Oxford??

 

[Pebbles]

Nothing. Can't get hold of my farrier!

God aren't they always a nightmare, my boy used to lose a shoe about every 2 weeks, not farriers fault, he was just a lively 4 year old monster! But could never get hold off him to put back on quickly, drove me mad!

 

[Vetwrap]

Keeps him sound so just have to keep writing the cheques and try not to think about it

I know that feeling well...

 

[ferrador]

what is a master farrier ?
chris

 

[jsr]

£50 and a Tesco Finest cake every now and again!! I'm lucky my farrier lives on the yard and is a STAR!!!

 

[corriehorse]

£60 a set. Road studs/stud holes no extra charge, replacing lost shoes free. Fantastic farrier who does a good job at keeping my arthritic cob sound.

 

[MrsMozart]

God aren't they always a nightmare, my boy used to lose a shoe about every 2 weeks, not farriers fault, he was just a lively 4 year old monster! But could never get hold off him to put back on quickly, drove me mad!

Well I know we were booked for the 4th October, but I can't remember what happened to change it... Must have been changed by the farrier or he'd have been spitting feathers at me

 

[killikyle]

what is a master farrier ?
chris

Fellows of the Worshipfull Company of Farriers (FWCF) - *the highest level of technical competence a farrier can achieve and the hallmark of a master craftsman. For this, as well as having knowledge of farriery to the highest level, ...... must be able to present his knowledge to an audience in a lecture or paper form.

*(Definition courtesy of the Farriers Registration Council).

In other words, a god!

 

[Kenzo]

£50 with or without road studs

 

[ferrador]

that sounds interesting , so your saying they are gods ? i am saying in writing here in black and white the FRC are talking out of their backside , i know hundreds of farriers who do not have their fellowship and are 100 times better horseshoers than the majority of FWCF farriers

 

[skint1]

Right now our horse is having some remedial work done so it's awfully expensive at £180 every 5 weeks but hopefully will be covered on insurance, or some of it will anyway... thankfully once the foot balance issues have been addressed she can just have normal shoes.

A normal set of shoes with same farrier £60, pretty reasonable and I like his style, he is very thorough and enthusiastic. The work he's done with this horse in just 2 shoeing cycles is impressive, and my horse is not easy to shoe either.

 

[Beckie65]

is there anyone in my area so i can get a price range, im trying to find a farrier for my new ponys i want the little one trimmed but my big cob i want a full set, im in north kent x

 

[bexcy-bee]

Hes Paul Williams, and hes a really good farrier lol. He covers the RG7 area, but i dont think he covers very far away from there

 

[sally2008]

i know hundreds of farriers who do not have their fellowship and are 100 times better horseshoers than the majority of FWCF farriers

I am inclined to agree.

£75 a set, plus travel, plus VAT and worth every penny! My farrier is not an FWCF but he is a genius who gets and keeps horses sound.