Dallas
W. Morgan, CJF
A
native Australian with a typical horse family upbringing, he was Pony
Club President and built the first cross country course at Morgan Park
in his hometown of Warwick, Queensland Australia that has now become
the premier cross country park in Australia. At fifteen, he went to
work in the outback riding and shoeing horses on large cattle stations.
There he discovered that it suited him to make a living shoeing horses.
In 1989 he ventured to the United States to attend a formal horseshoeing
program and graduated with a Horseshoeing Instructors Certificate.
Currently,
he holds Certified Journeyman Farrier status with the American Farriers
Association and is recognized by the Worshipful Company of Farriers
in England
In 1993 he became attending Farrier at Kansas State University where
for six years he worked extensively with hospitalized therapeutic cases
as well as maintained a remedial horseshoeing business.
1n 1997 he competed in England and qualified for the royal show. Upon
returning to the USA, he moved to California where he primarily shod
jumpers and dressage horses.
As a member of the American Farriers Team in 2000, he competed extensively
through out the US, Canada and England.
In 2002, Dallas and Jessica Morgan built an Equine Veterinary and Farrier
Hospital in Upstate New York. The primary focus of the hospital is lameness
diagnostics and therapeutic treatments. Dallas sees therapeutic cases
in the hospital as well as travels to private stables to shoe horses.
Each winter at the hospital, Dallas hosts educational sessions that
focus on shoemaking for horseshoeing and competition and tool making
and maintenance.
He is again on the road as judge and clinician, as a Mustad sponsored
clinician. Mustad is the primary provider of hoof care tools, shoes
and nails in the USA and it is an honor to represent their company because
they truly do support education in the Farrier Industry.
Dallas took a hiatus from competitive shoemaking after his stint on
the AFT to build the hospital, but is now back in full form. His most
recent competition win was World Championship Blacksmith (WCB) Overall
High Point and Open Division Winner at Flagstaff AZ in June 2008.
In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and riding his horse, a 17 year
old Dutch Gelding lovingly called “Pig Pen”.