SMH Equine Clipping LLC

SMH Equine Clipping LLC Shann Marie Hankel

Providing Central Jersey equestrians. I have been in the industry for 20+ years. Please contact for booking appointments and pricing.

✨Fully Insured Professional Equine Clipper and Novice Braider✨
•Howell, NJ
•Full body, Trace Clips, Show Preps, Only Mane Braiding & lessons avail.
•Text 908-839-5909 for more info! Grew up in the Hunter/jumpers and have been a horse owner for 20 years+. Was a professional groom for a high end H/J barn in Colts Neck and groomed down at WEF for 3 weeks in 2020. SMH began in 2019, with the goals to

make your show horses beautiful and feeling amazing under tack, the horses with cushings disease to not over heat and even to make your retired horse feel pampered with a trace clip! It’s my goal to make it a positive experience each time for your beloved horse. Please see below for all services I offer and traveling distances. Proud to be clipping for, not all listed (please tell me if you’d like to be featured on the page)!:
•Baymar Farms
•Never Green Farms
•Hunter Farms
•Top Shelf Farm
•Zintillating Farms
•SonBob Farm
•Furno and The Furious Stablez
•Trot Trot Standardbreds
• Annie Stoebe STB Racing
• And my many amazing individual clients

Offering:
•Full body and trace clipping
•Clipping to knees/hocks
•Show Prep/clean up (no body clipping)
-Bridle paths, fetlocks, whiskers, inside ears
•Mane pulling
•Training braids

Hunter and Dressage Braiding:
• Only braiding manes, due to medical reasons I am unable to braid tails.
•AGAIN ONLY MANES NO TAILS, I apologize for the inconvenience. Travel:
•Body Clipping: Only traveling up to 1 hour
•Braiding: Only traveling up to 30/40mins
From Farmingdale, NJ 07727
•Not traveling any further at this time.

08/20/2026

Barn Update:

While this has always been a dream of mine and I’m beyond thankful I was given this opportunity, I am having to step away from running the boarding business. When I had this dream it was pre car accidents, and while I mentally don’t find the workload overwhelming, my body does. I have pushed this side down for a very long time and have been getting injections to sustain this life for 14yrs now. That’s a really long time and eventually they just stop working and surgeries start getting brought up. Not wanting that, long story short, I will be taking a step back. I will be clipping here and there a couple times a week, of course still reach out, and as I step into this very unknown chapter, I know it’s the right thing to do for myself and well being. I truly thank everyone over the past 7yrs for their loyalty, trust and support to help me become the horse woman I am today! I really don’t have many answers to “what’s next,” but I know it’ll be just as bright🩵

With this being said, I’m having a barn sale. Got a mixture of barn supplies and tack that I have acquired over the years.

This Sunday August 23rd from 11am-4pm
316 Georgia Rd Freehold Township NJ rain or shine

Extra parking will be in the arena

My braids at the Devon Horse Show !!!! Congratulations to Pam Lampman for achieving a life dream! So glad I could be apa...
07/13/2026

My braids at the Devon Horse Show !!!!

Congratulations to Pam Lampman for achieving a life dream! So glad I could be apart of your journey in the smallest of ways🩵 you and Tippy looked beautiful riding your trip!

(I also clipped Tip not to long before their debut 🥰)

Got to see my boy Rocky for his yearly clip! His body really holds onto his long thick winter coat, but now he gets to r...
05/27/2026

Got to see my boy Rocky for his yearly clip! His body really holds onto his long thick winter coat, but now he gets to relax and enjoy as the hot days roll in! Each clip he trusts me more and more, which is crazy since I only see him once a year! But I guess they’re right, a horse just never forgets you. Already looking forward to seeing Rocky again next year!🐴🩵

I sooo wish I took the before of Micheal, because GOD DAMN seeing the winter to spring transformations are crazy good! I...
03/31/2026

I sooo wish I took the before of Micheal, because GOD DAMN seeing the winter to spring transformations are crazy good! I’m going to try to be better at that! 😁🐴

Biscuit and Mango looking beautiful after their clip today! These two have come a long way in just over a year! With eac...
03/21/2026

Biscuit and Mango looking beautiful after their clip today! These two have come a long way in just over a year! With each clip they get better and better! Both of them stood without becoming anxious and that was a HUGE improvement! So so proud of these two young horses! 🐴🩵

Feels soooo good to be back clipping! Thank goodness for the warmer weather!! Bobby looking fantastic for his first clip...
03/06/2026

Feels soooo good to be back clipping! Thank goodness for the warmer weather!!
Bobby looking fantastic for his first clip with me! Of course he also needed a mane pull to pull his glow up together! He’s just a handsome baby!

03/06/2026

‼️UPDATE‼️ 3/15/26
-My first available appointment is now April 16th and I have about 4 spots left for April. Also booking into May!!

‼️Important Schedule Change Alert‼️

Happy Almost Spring/Show Season!! 🐴😆

We all know what that means!! Nakey ponies and warmer weather is upon us!! Idk about all of y’all but I can’t wait to start sweating and not feel like I’m going to freeze! lol 😂

Now, as many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, on the New Year I officially opened up a laid back, private boarding facility in Freehold Township!! As I’m so excited for this next chapter this does mean my schedule has changed!

What does this mean for clipping and braiding?! Well, I will still be clipping and braiding, the only thing that is changing is the amount of horses I can clip in a day/week. For braiding I’m honestly not sure how that will look yet, so braiding I will be playing by ear. However, for clipping, if you know you want your horse clipped by me and you know the dates, please do not wait to book with me! As of right now I only have 1, maybe 2 spots left for March and I’m already booking into May! So please do not wait!
Send me a message on my personal page Shannon Marie Hankel or text 908-839-5909 for a quicker response!

I truly thank every single one of my clients for your understanding, trust, and support as I transition into this new chapter of my equestrian career! 🐴🩵

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Howell, NJ
07731

Telephone

+19088395909

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