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THE FARRIERS JOURNAL – The international journal for hoofcare professionals since 1986

The Farriers Journal is the only multilingual hoofcare publication worldwide. We provide our readers with latest news from the world of farriery. Read about trimming, shoeing, forging, new products, research developments and events from all over the world.

History of the Farriers Journal

 
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1986

In 1986 Belgium farrier Dominique Falisse founded The EUROPEAN FARRIERS JOURNAL

June 1986

The EUROPEAN FARRIERS JOURNAL was published in French, intended for farriers, equine vets and other horse professionals such as trainers, breeders, etc.

1990 – 1994

Four years on, it became bilingual French-German (DER HUF) with the English version joining these in August 1994 (EUROPEAN FARRIERS JOURNAL)

June 1996

The journal’s development moved to a brisk gallop in June 1996 with the launch of a second edition published in English, Spanish, and Italian under the respective titles of EUROPEAN FARRIERS JOURNAL, EL HERRADOR, and INFOR MASCALCIA.

2001

As we moved into the 21st century the world’s only multilingual farriery publication expanded its readership well beyond Europe’s borders. That is why it shed the restrictive adjective “European” to become THE FARRIERS JOURNAL in January 2001.

2004

The changes continued: In June 2004 we began publishing the journal in Dutch (De Hoef) and Swedish (HOVSLAGARMAGASINET), still alongside the English text, in a third edition. We now had a trade journal that comes out in seven languages!

1996 – 2017

Dominique Falisse continued to publish THE FARRIERS JOURNAL in 7 languages for more than three decades, retiring in the spring of 2017.

2017

German farrier Florian Häfner took the company over and is now responsible for editing and publishing THE FARRIERS JOURNAL. Under his guidance and following the wish of founder Dominique Falisse, language arrangement, layout and content have been renewed.

2019

THE FARRIERS JOURNAL continuous publishing in 7 languages and is send out to readers in 38 countries worldwide. The cooperation with different national farrier associations was increased. In winter 2019 THE FARRIERS JOURNAL is not only received by all members of 7 European farrier associations but is now as well the official Partner of the EFFA (European Federation of Farriers Associations).

2025

We are now also active on social networks – follow THE FARRIERS JOURNAL and stay up to date.

Florian Häfner

Editor

Born 1980 in Heilbronn/Germany, Florian Häfner started a career in the equine industry in 1998, working for different farriers and horse trainers. 2006, after his graduation as state certified farrier, he started a farrier and horse training business in Weinsberg/Germany. In 2009 he joined Werkman Horseshoes in Groningen/Netherlands. At Werkman he was first responsible for sales in central Europe and then became the head of the research & development department. In the following years he was involved in scientific studies about the effect of orthopaedic horseshoes, co-authoring several research publications and developing related products such as the Orthokit®. 2017 Florian Häfner left Werkman Horseshoes to become the owner and editor of Farriersjournal UG. 2018 the company was relocated from Belgium to Germany. By 2022 he still continuous shoeing horses for one day a week. He is father of one son and spends the non-working time with his family training dogs and horses.