Grant May Farrier

Another year is coming to a close and we will soon welcome in 2024!!
We take this opportunity to thank our clients for your continued support and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Take care over this holiday period and we look forward to catching up with you all again soon.
Loren and I will be back on board from Tuesday 16 January.
Nga mihi,
Grant and Loren

As we look to the end of another year we would like to thank our clients for your continued support and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Take care over this holiday period and we look forward to catching up with you all again in 2023!
Loren and I will be back on board from Tuesday 17 January.
Nga mihi,
Grant and Loren

Hi everyone,

Loren and I will be taking a well earnt break from the 24th DEC to the 11th JAN 2022. This means our phones will be turned off until Monday, 10th JAN.

We would like to take the opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please take care over the holiday period and we look forward to catching up with you in 2022.

Nga mihi,
Grant and Loren

Meet Charlie the Kaimanawa- after having a bit of a yarn here’s the story and we’re pretty certain about it.

26 years ago in 1993 New Zealand has its first Kaimanawa muster and Charlie’s mother was bought in and transported to no other than Grants father’s place where he was born shortly after!

He was broken in then sold and has has found his way to a fabulous home where he is set to live out the rest of his life- we hear he’s still full of life and is known to put himself on the float when he knows there’s somewhere to go.

How awesome is it that, 26 years on and here he is getting shod by Grant!

Anyone who knows us knows we don’t like the cold but it was a stunning morning this morning in Ōpōtiki today- we really get to work in some beautiful places!

Becky the broodmare was well overdue for a trim as well as a few others and we were very lucky to have young Stella holding onto her for Grant- what a fantastic job she did!

There’s been some changes in regards to us being made essential.

Please be aware that as stated that this is not “business as usual “ and we’re still in level 4.

If your horses welfare is comprised please make contact to discuss further, we don’t want this lockdown to extend anymore than you and take our clients and our own health very seriously.

Keep safe everyone!

Unfortunately farriers have been deemed non essential unless referred by a vet.

We had planned to continue working with certain safety measures in place but unfortunately we won’t be able to for the time being.

As it stands now if anyone has urgent or important farriery work that needs doing you will need to contact your vet to get this done.

Stay safe everyone and give your horse/pony/donkey a pat from us, we’ll be impatiently waiting to get back working and look forward to seeing you again when this all blows over!

A client of ours- Aimee, got married earlier in the year and rode in on her lovely thoroughbred Cracker.

We were happy to do our bit and have him shod and ready to play his very important role in the wedding.

They also used old horseshoes for decorations and table numbers so who knows, your horses old shoes could have attended the wedding too!

Come see us at Farming Like Grandad in Kawerau today, one of our clients will also be there with his beautiful Clydesdales in Cart.