About Us

I am a practicing registered farrier based on the Devon/Cornwall border who has a varied client base that participate in many different equine disciplines. One night a client contacted me asking how they could remove a twisted shoe from their horse. They did not have any tools and the only videos they could find on how to do this were not made by qualified farriers or vets which didn’t instill them with much confidence on the correct way to take the shoe off. Fortunately, I was in a position to answer the call and attend to the horse quickly; however sometimes this is not always the case. Then it struck me, why is there not a kit that horse owners can buy that would help them remove the shoe themselves? Such a thing would save a lot of distress to horses and their owners as they would no longer have to rely on their farrier to attend to take the shoe off. The owner would be able to make their horse comfortable quickly and avoid any further injury that loose or twisted shoes are known to cause (which could be detrimental if horses need rest from training or successful careers). After deciding what tools would be needed in the kit, I posed my idea to several clients, vets and other farriers who all voiced their experiences of the stress associated with loose/twisted shoes. They agreed that there is a great need for a toolkit and guidance to help owners in this situation and so The Shoe Kit was born! The Shoe Kit – turning stressful shoe emergencies into straightforward, confident shoe removal.