For those who might be interested, below is a brief outline of my life with horses and how I arrived at this location in life.
I would not have been able to achieve the things that I have without the love, support and tolerance of my husband Wayne and two children Catherine and Ahren. They have not only put up with my equine-itis but have all joined me on various equine adventures.
Also, it’s thanks to Wayne that I’ve been able to share information with so many people. He has built, changed and added to this website since its development in 2003.
Jenny Lomas

Ever since I can remember, I wanted a horse.
As a small child I would wish for a horse on every occasion. Never a pony. Always a horse.
12 years of wishing finally paid off and a farm we moved to had a resident horse. Not exactly one of nature’s beauties, either in nature or looks, but a horse she was and I had my eye on her.
It was agreed that this rogue that nobody wanted anything to do with could be moved to the paddock beside the house we lived in and I could ride her.
So began my crash (excuse the pun) course in horse riding. More falling off, than actual riding.
Kim knew all the tricks in the book and a few that hadn’t been written yet.
She could buck, bite, kick and bolt with the best of them.
Her favorite trick was galloping as fast as she could towards the barbed wire fence and turning at the last minute so I’d land tangled in it.
Basically anything that cut into her eating time wasn’t on her agenda and the sooner she could ditch the annoying brat on her back and get back to the food, the better! 
But I had a horse and I soon learnt that hitting the ground hurt way more than the sheer terror of actually staying on the horse.
It got to the point where I could pretty much stay on no matter what stunt she pulled. Though the ‘wipe the kid off under a low tree branch trick’ could still catch me unawares occasionally.
As I developed stickability good old Kim pulled a few new tricks out of the bag, ranging from painful to humorous.
The painful being savage bites on the shoulder or back shortly after catching said horse and leading her to a fence to climb on board - life lesson number 42b - never get too close to the gift horses mouth.
The most humorous trick (though not at the time) being the canter round the kid in circles going “nah nah nah nah nah, you can’t catch me”
This was an upgraded version of the ‘walk away whenever the kid comes near’ trick. Very popular. Also very interesting as it was at the ripe young age of 12 that I realised horses could hear what you think. During one of the follow the leader sessions aka-‘try to catch the bloody horse that keeps walking away from you’ I got so angry that I mentally shouted a very bad word at Kim.
The sentence was (you fill in the gaps) “ OH, FOR, F….SAKE KIM. STAND STILL!”
She immediately halted. I thought “Oh, my God! They can hear what you think!”
I picked my jaw up off the ground and caught the horse.
Kim was eventually gifted to me and for all her heinous crimes taught me more as a child than most riders learn in a lifetime.
My eventual entry into the world of Natural Hoof Care started with Kim.
She wouldn’t let anyone else handle her feet without a huge fight so I started trimming her hooves from the age of twelve, this lead to learning how to shoe in my 20’s then 20 years later came the discovery that horses were actually better off without shoes and the Barefoot journey began.
In my teens I breed Kim to an Anglo/Arab stallion and Cameo was born.
I kept Kim for the rest of her life and still have Cameo, who turned 30 on the 10 of January 2007.
Cameo had Connor in 1992.
There have been many horses between Kim and Connor. I’ve worked in the Thoroughbred industry, riding track work and foaling mares.
I’ve ridden competitively in Dressage, Eventing, Endurance, Show Hunter and Show Jumping, started young horses for myself and other people for disciplines ranging from pleasure riding to thoroughbred racing
I’ve been an Instructor/ Trainer of horses and riders and have myself had the pleasure of training with some of the worlds most talented riders and trainers.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my life with horses and couldn’t imagine life without them.
Our 12 acres of land is full of horses in need of a home.
These days I enjoy pleasure riding when I get the chance to ride.
My life now is overflowing with horses-not just my own.
As a Natural Hoof Care Practitioner I get to enjoy helping hundreds of horses and their owners find a healthier, happier path through life.
I meet incredible people doing incredible things and find myself truly blessed to have found a way to give something back to the horses that have given me so much.

• 1980-83 Pony Club Certificates D C B Rotongaro Pony Club. Huntly
• 1988-1990 Dressage lessons with Sue Hassell
• 1988-1990 Summer Dressage Clinics with Olympic Medalist Christopher Bartle
• 1992-2000 NZ Pony Club Instructor-Rotongaro Pony Club. Huntly
• Hillary Commission Coaches Count Award-Pony Club Instructor
• 2-3.5.1998 Herbal Studies Workshop-Anna McVey. Auckland
• 2.9.1998 Certificate in Herbal Studies-Australasian College of Herbal Studies
• 10-11.10.1998 Holistic Animal Health Conference and Workshops. Hamilton
• 1999 & Feb 2000 Centered Riding Clinic-Allison Thurston. Clevedon
• August 1999 NZ Bach Flower Remedies-Animal Day-Rixt Spierings. Auckland
• 14.12.2000 Ortho-Bionomy-Phase Four-Neville Hedges. Ngatea
• 10-11.8.200 Bioptron Light Clinic-Rachel Phillips. Cambridge
• 2.2.2001 Academie of the Inner Being-Ortho A.L.F. -Ian Stevenson. Ngatea
• 4.2.2001 Ortho-Bionomy-Phase Four-Ian Stevenson. Hamilton
• 18.2.2001 Ortho-Bionomy-Exploration of Movement Patterns-Ian Stevenson. Hamilton
• 29.1.2002 Academie of the Inner Being-Ortho A.L.F-Dale Speedy. Ngatea
• 6.2.2002 Academie of the Inner Being-Proprioceptive Skills-Ian Stevenson.. Hamilton
• 7.2.2002 Hindu Numerology Workshop-Ian Stevenson. Ngatea
• 9-10.2.2002 Basic Rider Kinetic Equestrian Clinic-Ian Stevenson. Tauranga
• 14.2.2202 Individual Kinetic Equestrian Lessons-Ian Stevenson. Ngatea
• 16.2.2002 Advanced Phase four-Ian Stevenson
• 10.3.2002 Hoof Clinic-Paul Chapman. Paeroa
• 19.5.2002 Pat Colby Lecture. Rotorua
• 9.2.2003 Ortho-Bionomy-Phase Four-Ian Stevenson
• 1,2,4,11.2.2003 Kinetic Equestrian Training Clinic-Ian Stevenson. Paeroa
• 19.2.2003 Equine Labyrinth Building Workshop-Ian Stevenson. Paeroa
• 10.2.2004 Labyrinth Building Workshop. Thames
• 13-15.2.2004 Kinetic Equestrian Training-Ian Stevenson. Paeroa
• 15.2.2004 Diploma Kinetic Equestrian Training-Academie of the Inner Being
• 23-25.4.2003 Hoof Clinic- Dan Guerrera. Paeroa.
• 20-21.5.2004 Dr Deb Bennett Lecture. Cambridge
• 18-20.7.2004 Chiron Jumping Clinic-Peter Speckmaier. Thames
• 30.10.2004 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Orientation Clinic-Jamie Jackson. Arkansas
• 31.11.2004 AANHCP Hoof Boot Clinic-Richard Drewry. Arkansas
• 2.11.2004 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Mentorship-Pete Ramey. Georgia
• 3.11.2004 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Mentorship-Cindy Sullivan. Georgia
• 5.11.2004 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Mentorship-Steve Dick. Savannah
• 9.11.2004 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Mentorship-Richard Drewry. Arkansas
• 11-14.11.2004 AANHCP Conference. Arkansas
• 12.11.2004 AANHCP Distal Limb Anatomy Clinic-Cindy Sullivan. Arkansas
• 13.11.2004 AANHCP Balance Saddle Fit Clinic-Carol Brett, Balance Saddles. Arkansas
• 29-31.1.2005 Dr. Deb Bennett Clinic-audit-Waiuku
• 19-20.2.2005 Show Hunter Clinic-Miranda
• 23-24.4.2005 Pete Ramey Natural Hoof Care Clinic-Winton
• 7.8.2005 EasyCare Natural Hoof Adviser
• 22.8.2005 AANHCP Advanced Trim Intensive-Jaime Jackson-California
• 25.8.2005 AANHCP Natural Hoof Care Mentorship-Mark Jeldness-California
• September 2005 Natural Hoof Care Practitioner Certification-AANHCP
• September 2005-July 2007 AANHCP Field Instructor, Certified Practitioner, Regional Support Group Leader for Australasia
• 2005 Cindy Sullivan Natural Hoof Care Clinics Paeroa, Auckland, Winton, Christchruch
• 26-29.1.2006 Buck Brannerman Clinic. Cambridge
• 13.5.2006 Zero Balancing Demo. Hastings
• 29.5.2006 Formation of the Hoofcare Organisation of New Zealand  (HOOFNZ) Founding Committee Member
• 14-15.10.2006 1st Official General Meeting of the HOOFNZ. Paeroa
• 4-5.11.2006 Basic Animal Communication Workshop-Kathleen Berard. Auckland
• 2-3.12.2006 HOOFNZ General Meeting. Winton
• 3.2.2007 Safer Grass Lecture-Katy Watts. Kumeu
• 20.5.2007 Professor Christopher Pollitt Laminitis Lecture. Hamilton
• 7-8.7.2007 HOOFNZ General Meeting & Annual General Meeting. Hamilton
• 9,12,13.11.07 Donald Newe Clinic, Auckland
• 28-29 11.07 Mark Rashid Clinic. Hamilton
• 3-5.12.07 Mark Rashid Clinic. Hamilton
• 8-10.2.08 Margrit Coates Clinic. Rotorua
• 8-10.3.08 Peggy Cummings Clinic. Cambridge
• 8-9.4.08 Dr. Robert Bowker Clinic. Canterbury