Hoof care, shoeing and corrective work — book a farrier who knows your discipline.
Bad Rock Boarding and Arena is an equestrian boarding and training facility in Columbia Falls, Montana. Owner Shaun Sorensen handles training, lessons, event scheduling, boarding and shoeing. Facilities include outdoor and indoor arenas, a round pen, paddocks and a trail course.
The Georgian Forge is a blacksmith and farrier business near Oban in Argyll run by Darren Ainsworth. It offers horseshoeing and trimming, including hot shoeing, handmade shoes, therapeutic shoes and barefoot trimming. It also makes bespoke forged ironwork such as door ironwork and decorative metalwork.
Matt Hawes AWCF is a farrier in North Norfolk who has run his own business since 1989. He has an interest in remedial shoeing and shoes horses from eventers to Shires and ponies. He also sells the LyxLoop through his online shop.
C Dowler Dip WCF is a mobile farrier based in Northamptonshire, covering Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. Services include hot and cold shoeing, barefoot trimming, remedial work, handmade shoes and emergency call-outs. He works with veterinary referrals.
Darren Lacey CJF is a professional farrier based in Hampshire. He offers shoeing, barefoot hoof care and remedial and corrective shoeing. He trained at the Five Star Horseshoeing School in Oklahoma and qualified as a Certified Journeyman Farrier in 2013.
Jeff Newnham DipWCF is a registered farrier working in the South East of England. He offers shoeing for all disciplines, trimming and non-invasive glue-on solutions. He also runs hands-on training courses for vets and farriers.
P3 Equestrian Farrier Shop sells farrier and blacksmith supplies in New Zealand. Its catalogue includes horseshoes, aluminium and specialist shoes, racing shoes and harness shoes. It also offers wholesale supply.
East Coast Hoof & Wellness Center in Shamong, New Jersey is a team of farriers and veterinarians focused on equine hoof care. Services include trimming, therapeutic and corrective shoeing, laminitis and navicular treatment, and lameness exams. It offers ambulatory visits and ship-in services to its facility.
Plain Trim Hoof Care provides barefoot hoof trimming in Southern Maine. The trimmer considers each horse's discipline, footing, diet, injuries and age. Clients include horses, drafts, donkeys, mules and minis. The owner is a member of the Maine Farriers Association.
Pferdeklinik Dalchenhof is a private equine clinic in Brittnau that runs both an in-clinic service and an ambulatory practice. Emergencies are handled around the clock after phone notice. The clinic has an office and pharmacy, and stabled patients can be visited at set hours. A separate farrier business, Hufschmiede Dalchenhof, operates on the same site with shoeing by appointment.
Mobile Pferdepraxis is an ambulatory equine veterinary practice run by Dr. Katharina Fischer and Dr. Marion van Marwick in Polling, Bavaria. Horses are examined and treated in their own stable using mobile X-ray, ultrasound, dental, shockwave and endoscopy equipment. Services include emergency care including large-animal rescue, lameness, colic and laminitis treatment, breeding management, castration, vaccinations and manual therapy. Dr. Fischer also offers hoof trimming and alternative shoeing, and an emergency line is available around the clock.
Reitstall Wakonig is a family-run riding stable in Maria Rain, about 4 km south of Klagenfurt, managed by Markus Wakonig. It offers riding for beginners, leisure riders and ambitious competition riders, using its own school horses. Riding pedagogy is offered for young children from age 3. Markus Wakonig is also a farrier, and the stable is a training business for Pferdewirte (equine management apprentices).
Pferdetherapie Graf is run by Jeannine Graf from Rotkreuz, Switzerland. She offers osteopathic and physiotherapeutic treatment for horses, craniosacral therapy, massage and leech therapy. Services also include hoof orthopaedic trimming for horses, draft horses and ponies, and rehabilitation and conditioning training including lunging. Treatments take place at the horse's location.
Hufmex is a barefoot hoof care business run by Markus Rieger from Ferlach in Carinthia. It offers individual hoof trimming for donkeys, ponies, horses and draft horses, typically every six to eight weeks. Hoof protection with hoof boots or glue-on shoes and hoof health advice are also available.
VIRA Hufwohl is Victoria Rauter's hoof care business based in Liebenfels, Carinthia. She offers barefoot trimming for horses, foals and donkeys, hoof boot advice and rental of Renegade hoof boots. Further services include feed ration calculation from hay analysis and holistic hoof consultations. Travel of 30 km from Liebenfels is included.
Pferde.at is a Vienna family business led by Gregor Zehetner that works with horses daily. It runs a farrier service covering all aspects of hoof care and trains farrier apprentices. A carriage driving school offers courses, qualifications and training in driving. The business also operates Fiaker carriage rides from several stands in central Vienna.
dieHufschmiede is a farrier business run by farrier Günther Stocker in Austria. Its website is currently under construction. Appointments can be requested by email or phone.
Maurerschmied is a traditional smithy in Stockenboi, Carinthia, in operation since 1709 and now run in its tenth generation. It is led by master smith and state-certified farrier Andreas Steiner. Services include hoof shoeing, forging technology and metal construction.
Gabriel Prinoth is a state-certified farrier working in South Tyrol. He offers barefoot trimming, including early trimming of foals to catch conformation faults, and shoeing for sport and leisure horses. Shoeing options include sliding plates for reining and winter grips and studs for ice. He also provides orthopaedic shoeing for specific hoof conditions.
Bettina Mayer is a state-certified farrier based in Neuhaus/Triesting in Lower Austria. She offers barefoot trimming and correction for horses, donkeys and mules, including foal correction and transition from shoes to barefoot. Shoeing options include classic and orthopaedic shoes in steel and aluminium, composite shoes and synthetic hoof reconstructions. She currently notes that she cannot take on new clients.
von Allmen Schmiede AG is a smithy in Matten near Interlaken with a farrier service alongside its metalwork business. Its trained farriers shoe and trim the hooves of horses, ponies and donkeys. Services include standard shoeing, orthopaedic shoeing and barefoot hoof care. The smithy traces its roots to a village forge built in 1880.
NHC-Engadin provides barefoot hoof trimming for horses, ponies and donkeys in the Engadin based on the Natural Hoof Care method. Services include hoof assessment, fitting and rental of hoof boots, glue-on shoes and shoe removal. The business is run by Ramona and Arno Isepponi from Samedan. It has announced plans to offer horse boarding under the name ARONA.
Hans-Andrea Fontana runs a craft business in Clugin combining horseshoeing and hoof care with blacksmithing and metalwork. The business was founded in 1993 in Andeer and moved to Clugin in 1997. It serves clients from the Chur Rhine valley to the Rheinwald and from the Upper Engadine to the Bündner Oberland. The team consists of the owner and one colleague.
care4animals is run by Andrea Jäger in Maladers and offers barefoot hoof care for horses following the Natural Hoof Care (NHC) approach. The business also runs an online shop for supplementary feed for horses, dogs and cats. Alongside the hoof care it offers dog training courses and a jewellery atelier using animal hair.
