Our farrier had already been on the yard earlier in the day to do another horse, he was greatly amused to be welcomed by Eggsy, Madeline and Pippin who were obviously expecting him to trim their feet.
Looking back it seems an odd occurrence that our now farrier was recommended to us by the people who would eventually go on a few years later to abandon Eggsy.
This was especially problematic as we'd recently acquired Tipper, an ex racehorse, whose feet were in a horrible state plus he was terrified of having his hooves done. So much so that the vet had recommended Sedalin, to calm him, to be taken an hour before the farrier arrived. As you can imagine we were extremely annoyed at having a no show farrier when we'd sedated a horse.
And when I say Tipper's hooves were in a horrible state I mean terrible, the above photograph shows them after the 1 remaining shoe had been removed and he'd had his first trim with us. Poor horse.
That was all a very long time ago, with regular visits from our farrier we don't see hooves like that anymore.
So we're all happy now, plus the farrier brings polos, hence Eggsy, Madeline and Pippin waiting eagerly at the gate to greet him.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Graham and Edith for sponsoring Eggsy's hoof trims, it's very much appreciated.
We'd also like to say thank you to Eggsy's 7 followers on this blog, it was really quite exciting to log on and see that not only had people read our post but some had also followed.
Thank you.
You can find more about Eggsy in The Eggsy Pony Diaries on
