This age-old pastime is still carried out at stables all over New Zealand, and all over the world. But there is one thing different about our picture. The blacksmith shaping the steel so skilfully isn't bulging with manly muscles. Instead, Jutta Rosenblatt's blonde hair is neatly pulled back in a ponytail. Jutta trained as a farrier several years ago, and has been working successfully in this male-dominated career ever since.
People think it's a man's job.
It's a traditional thing. But it's a myth that you have to have this incredible strength to manhandle or hold the horse, or to be good with the technical aspects of the job. I think horseshoeing is very much a woman's thing. It's very precise. You cut bits off and make them tidy.