SHOELESS WONDER

MEET THE EXPERT

JACK CLIMO Dip WCF is a farrier based in Worcestershire. Jack qualified in November 2019 from Warwickshire College and returned home to Worcestershire to set up his own farriery business. He shoes all shapes and sizes of horses and ponies, from leisure horses to three-day eventers.

IS THERE ANYTHING more annoying than when you get your horse in from the field to ride only to find he’s lost a shoe? Not only does it mean your ride is immediately put on the back burner, but you then have the problem of getting your farrier out ASAP to put it back on, and what to do with the shoe-less hoof in the meantime.

So what can owners do to prevent it from happening?

“When a horse loses a shoe it’s often a front shoe, and it’s caused by the