Harry Spinks Farrier Ltd

17/05/2026

Laminitis can be a killer, with various causes and subsequent solutions.

In this case we used a squish pad for around 6months and have just moved in to an aluminium colloni roller heart bar shoe, with soft impression material in the back of the foot.

As you can see the laminar wedge is growing down nicely, without to much distortion as the shoe itself is reducing the toe leverage and putting the proportions back onto a compromised hoof and horse.

This isn’t the way that we deal with all laminitis cases, but it is working in this case.

20/04/2026

This horse had a deep sulcus that he was very sensitive with. We use a lot of products, but since sent me some of the deep thrush gel a little while ago this has become a solid part of our line up.

It’s easy to use for both farrier and client.

18/04/2026

We have had a busy start to spring with work and myself getting to the end point of my DipHe at and as such have taken a small break from social media, but will be sharing some work again in the near future.

In the meantime here’s a little snippet, from squish pads, X-rays on a little laminitic that needed a bit of help, looking at the wear pattern on these (and then replacing as the horse is going well in them, to my artistic skills 😂 it’s been busy.

Will be back to posting more soon in the mean time have a great weekend!

25/03/2026

Thank you to Kelvin for sending me down a pair of the More aid spider Glue Shoes and a pot of the 5 shore impression material to try on a specific horse. As always was to put on and seems to be going good so far!

18/02/2026

Seedy toe isn’t going to kill your horse, but it does have to be managed properly.

In tonight’s YouTube video I go through a recent case, from start to end of shoeing and how we are helping this horse.

If you think this will help anyone then please share it with them.

13/02/2026

Not a lot of posting going on at the moment due to a busy few days, but here’s farrier tip Friday.

Here I am talking about glueing.

Share this if you think it will help someone.

10/02/2026

I’m looking forward to being apart of this evening in a couple of weeks time and talking about laminitis.

For more information please get in touch with Pilgrims Veterinary Practice

Pilgrims Happy Feet Clinic - Monday 2nd March • 6.30PM •

Join our equine vet Saara Harma and remedial farrier Harry Spinks at this FREE clinic. As spring approaches and the health of our horses’ feet comes into focus with increased riding and also the risk of EMS/laminitis, we will discuss how the vet and farrier can work together using x-rays and corrective shoeing to maintain hoof balance and prevent more serious issues occurring.
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Happy feet = happy horse!

06/02/2026

Farrier tip Friday…

When applying pads, packing or shoes that cover the sole you can find that feet can get thrushy and sometimes have a maggot infestation!

Using an antibacterial substance underneath pads and packing is really important to keep the foot nice and clean and stops any problems from occurring.

In this can we are using Pad Powder which is a great product to use for keeping feet nice and healthy.

04/02/2026

Check out our latest day in the life video where I dodge the flooding whilst coming across a couple of unexpected problems.

Check it out on our YouTube channel Harry Spinks Farrier now!

29/01/2026

had cold hands whilst filming on Tuesday. Luckily the ‘glue warmer’ came in useful 😂