Originally Posted by freckles

Hi....

yes it works well for mine, but then I do agree with barefoot in 'most' cases, afterall horses were not born with shoes, and I cant see the point of having shoes on something thats not ridden..

it was the farriers here that made me take them off...they were making a right mess, one was ending up with boxy upright feet (thats how the spanish like them) and my mare ended up with very odd sized feet, and ......so ive been self trimming for 4 years now...and not had a problem, ex-Brother in Law, is a farrier, told me I was doing a good job of them, but be honest, the ground here tends to keep the feet perfect, just need to rasp the toes a little....

I tell you....if there was a good reliable english farrier here, they would get so much work.....I will never let a spanish farrier near mine again....you would be shocked...