An Interesting Article

Thanks to Bindy here is an interesting article on the horses hoof
Check it out. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/109-fossils.shtml sure makes interesting reading. Thanks Bindy

Clearmonts Redman

This is my old boy ( Gelding ) Redman.
Redman is 28 years old and has been the best horse anyone could ever ask for. I have had the pleasure of him being with us for about 15years and he will be with me till the day he dies. I will never part with him.
All our other horses are mares and he sure looks after them. ( or thinks he does ) He certainly is not the boss. Redman thinks he is still two and still gets ridden occasionally. In this photo he didn't like the flash.

Waiwhenua Tahi

This is my horse 'Waiwhenua Tahi'
Tahi is an Appaloosa Arab cross.
Born 16th December 1995.
Tahi is a mare (female )and is about 14.2hh. Tahi is a Maori word that means #1 and Waiwhenua breaks down Wai Whenua Wai means water and Whenua means Land. Waiwhenua is the name of our farm and Tahi was the 1st animal that we had anything to do with that was born on this place after we bought it.
She has the most wonderful nature and moves like a dream.
We call her 'Ta'. Ta was born jet black with white socks and a white blaze but she changed colour on a regular basis until she ended up like this. She has been this colouring for some time now so we think this is what we get.
Ta was out of a mare 'Hokey Pokey'. by an Appaloosa Stallion of unknown breeding. Hokey very much chose her own mate but we did play a part in getting them together.
I will post a photo of her at some time but they certainly don't look alike although you certainly can see the likeness. Ta is big boned and quite solid where as Hokey is quite fine and apart from lots of colour looks all Arab. Hokey is now retired from a quite successful career in Endurance Riding ( long distance horse racing ) whereas Ta has always been quite lazy and never really had the same competitive spirit. She and I did however successfully complete a few 80km rides but not competitively. We mostly now just enjoy a quite and leisurely time together.

Laminitis

Yesterday I had to attend to five Welsh mountain ponies with Laminitis. We have had about 8 days of sunshine after a very long wet spell and the grass is growing like crazy. The owner said they had only been moved onto fresh pasture about two days ago and bingo they are all in a bad way so please keep an eye on your horses and ponies

Newspaper Fame!

This is me shoeing Marie TeHuia's thoroughbred (Bart) outside the Aria Church in Piopio. This photo was featured in the Waitomo News last Tuesday. Even before I'd seen the paper in the morning I'd received three phone calls from potential clients!

My first blog post.

This is my first blog post. I am just posting to see what happens. My son Timothy is helping me set up a blog/journal so that I can keep people up to date on my horseshoeing activities!