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Farrier Services | Gold Coast, QLD
✔️ Remedial Shoeing & Barefoot Trims
✔️ Diploma-Qualified, Multi-Farrier Team
🐎 Soundness First | Quality Hoof Care
📍 TXT to book or ask a question! 0455 661 030 It is my aim to always provide a reliable, professional, dependable and quality hoof care for your equine companions whether they are young stock, in work or retirement. I am passionate about my work and believe this job is a life style.

12/10/2026

Ever tried sneaking past Mama Bear after a big night out? 😂🐻

This certainly brought back a few memories of my younger days, trying to sneak into the house without waking Mum after being out all night when I shouldn’t have been! 🤣

This is an older video of me trying to sneak around a horse that had been sedated so we could get some shoes on. Unfortunately, even with sedation, it just wasn’t happening that day!

As I’ve got older, I’ve realised I’m not quite as brave (or stupid 😂) as I used to be. And to be fair, I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

Shoeing horses is hard enough on the body without putting yourself in unnecessary danger. I’ve never believed there’s a medal for getting shoes on a difficult horse at all costs.

Horses are a lot like us. They have good days, bad days, and sometimes they’re just not in the mood. There are so many contributing factors, and experience teaches you when to persevere and, more importantly, when to walk away.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is pack up your tools, give the horse a bit more time, ask the owner to work on handling its feet, or simply come back another day with a different approach.

Knowing when to walk away isn’t giving up. Sometimes it’s the smartest decision you can make.

And believe me, the older I get, the more I appreciate going home in one piece! 😂🐴

P.S. You’ll notice I’ve had to tart this old video up a little just to get Instagram to let me share it again!

08/10/2026

This video was taken a while ago, back when I was making a lot more of my own shoes on the job.

I was incredibly fortunate with the apprenticeship I had. For probably the first six months, I was practically locked in the workshop making horseshoes learning to move steel, use the tools properly and make the same shoe over and over until I got it right.

And I loved it.

The forging, the hot steel, the competitions, the camaraderie… that side of the trade was what kept me so keen throughout my apprenticeship.

And there’s something about actually nailing on a shoe you’ve made yourself that’s hard to beat. You’ve made it for that foot, you can put the pitch exactly where you want it, and when the nails come up exactly where you planned it’s ridiculously satisfying.

Over the years I’ve drifted away from making as many of my own stock shoes, and watching this back reminds me how much I miss it.

It’s something I’m definitely going to start getting back into.

Taking a straight piece of steel, turning it into a horseshoe on the job, then nailing it onto the horse standing in front of you there’s something pretty bloody special about that.

Hot steel and s*x appeal 🔥🔨

I love this trade.

I genuinely don’t know what else I’d ever do.

05/10/2026

TOP TIP OF THE DAY 👌

Just thought I’d share this one.

A little bit of black shoe polish on your Equicast works a treat for getting it looking nice and schmick.

It’s especially handy after the cast has been on for 2–3 weeks and is starting to look a little worn. A quick tidy up with the polish brings it straight back to life and makes it look neat and presentable again especially if you’ve got one heading to the races.

Simple little trick, but it works bloody well. 👌🐎

04/10/2026

Two clips. One heat. 🔨🔥

I got this square faced hammer from Dusty Franklin well over a decade ago, and I’m still using it to this day.

I’ve always personally found a square face easier for drawing clips. Like most things in farriery, you find the tools and little techniques that work for you and you tend to stick with them.

This hammer has shaped a fair few shoes over the years and it’s still earning its keep.

Happy Friday 🤙🐴Sometimes you’ve just got to stick your tongue out and enjoy the ride 😂👅“You can’t download a lifestyle.”...
02/10/2026

Happy Friday 🤙🐴

Sometimes you’ve just got to stick your tongue out and enjoy the ride 😂👅

“You can’t download a lifestyle.”

And I think that sums this job up pretty well. Farriery has always been more than just a job to me it’s a lifestyle, and one I’m very grateful to have.

Moving to the Gold Coast and starting again has given me a real fresh start, both personally and in my career. It’s brought a new energy and excitement back into what I do, and I honestly thank my lucky stars for how things have worked out.

Most importantly, none of it happens without the people who trust me with their horses.

To all my clients thank you for the work, the support and, most of all, the loyalty. I genuinely appreciate every one of you.

I’m excited about what we’re building up here and looking forward to working alongside you all for many years to come.

Hope a cracking Friday and a great weekend 🍻🐎

01/10/2026

A quick barefoot trim demo from Ted 👌

One thing he talks about here is leaving the bars where they’re doing a job. He describes them as natural scaffolding for the foot and I think that’s a bloody good way of putting it.

It reminded me of something the one and only Dusty Franklin taught me years ago.

He used to talk about trying to create strong arcs within the foot. His comparison was the Sydney Opera House those big arches are part of what gives the structure its strength. He taught me to look at a horse’s foot in a similar way.

Obviously, you can’t achieve the perfect shape on every foot. Every horse is different.

But something I definitely struggled with earlier in my career was fitting too many flares.

Sometimes what looks like width or “swing” genuinely needs supporting. Other times, you’re simply following a flare that needs bringing back in to restore the arc, maintain depth and keep strength in the foot.

Knowing the difference is the important bit and that comes with experience.

Still learning. Still changing the way I look at feet. That never stops. 👌

30/09/2026

Ted reckons he put some of the parts back in the wrong place 😂

Definitely a face only a mother could love but somehow it makes him even cuter. 🐴❤️

We still love ya, mate 😂

29/09/2026

We were all young and inexperienced once.

This young horse doesn’t know any better. She’s not nasty — he’s unsure, inexperienced and still learning what’s being asked of him.

So I give him time.

Experience has taught me when to be patient, when to persist and when it’s time to stop.

Yesterday gave me a reminder that maybe the same understanding applies outside the stable too.

A young driver made a mistake on the road, and unfortunately we ended up in a head-on collision.

It would be easy to be angry.

But just like this young horse, none of us were born experienced. We learn, we make mistakes, and hopefully we become better because of them.

Sometimes patience and understanding are needed in places you least expect them.

Two vehicles can be replaced.

The important part is that we both walked away alive. 🙏

Hopefully it’s something we can both learn from.

28/09/2026

Ollie was definitely trying his luck today… 😂

Someone might need to tell him Kaelah’s already got a boyfriend. 👀

Jokes aside, it’s been great having Kaelah join the team.

She’s a seriously hard worker, has a great eye for detail and, most importantly, she asks the right questions because she genuinely wants to learn.

She’s naturally very good around horses too. Calm energy, good hands and she seems to read them really well. Always smiling, always getting stuck in and just a pleasure to have around.

Really looking forward to watching her progress through her apprenticeship. 👌🐎

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