Domenico Cellaro

Domenico is a third-generation professional Italian farrier who graduated in 1999 from the Military Farrier and Veterinary School in Grosseto, Italy.

He is regularly involved in helping horses with pathologies and lameness. His farrier goal is to continually work on improving his knowledge in the field of equine podiatry and locomotion, travelling in Europe and USA.

His curiosity about horse locomotion induced him to design, develop and create a special device that reproduces the equine musculoskeletal forelimb with its functional and physiological position and body weight, during the different stance phases of gait, using standardised and repeatable scientific protocols.

Domenico is an International Speaker and Educator, and a developer of new educational methods which are useful for the daily farrier and veterinary approach.

Andrew Bowyer FWCF, GradDipELR

Andrew qualified in 2001 then spent 3 years travelling and shoeing overseas before returning to his home county of Devon where he runs a mixed shoeing practice. In 2006 he started working for British Equestrian covering the podium potential Para Dressage squad and in 2016 took on the role of Team GB farrier for dressage and jumping. Since then he has covered two World Games, the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, and four European Championships.

Andrew enjoys everything the farrier industry has offered over the years from forging and tool making to keeping competition and much-loved horses on the road and the challenges that arise. He has also competed in shoeing competitions over the years and now runs a popular shoeing competition in Devon.

In 2024 Andrew achieved the FWCF qualification. He thoroughly enjoyed preparing for the exam and is very passionate about his study “Measuring moisture content in horny structures of the foot in domesticated horses”.

Andrew always manages to find a river to take a cool dip in at the end of a day’s shoeing to wind down. Passions outside of farriery, are mountain biking, walking in the great outdoors, spending time with his lovely family and mowing the lawn.

Dr Jenny Hagen DVM, PhD, CF

Dr Jenny Hagen is a veterinarian, specialising in equine orthopaedics, rehabilitation and training, as well as an associated professor at the Leipzig University and a certified farrier. After her study of veterinary medicine, she did her doctoral thesis and post-doc thesis at the Leipzig University, where she established the research group “Equine biomechanics and orthopaedics”. From 2011 to now, she and her group examined several practical relevant topics about the effect of trimming and shoeing on the biomechanics of the distal limb and the equine gait pattern.

From 2003 to 2018, Jenny also did her farrier education and was employed at the farrier school at the Leipzig University. During the latter years, she specialised in different manual therapy techniques, gait analysis and rehabilitation training of horses. Since 2020, Jenny has been self-employed in her practice for equine orthopaedics and rehabilitation in the middle of Germany. In addition, she is a professional speaker at national and international congresses, symposiums and workshops.