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Stewart Farrier Service

Servicing all Farrier needs throughout South East Queensland and Northern NSW
Professional Second Generation Trade Qualilified Farrier

28/12/2024

When they take you under their wings and give you the " key's to the kingdom!"
Had a wonderful break catching up with some mentors for Christmas 🎄
Thanks to those who house sat 🙌
Pippa told me to p**s off when i got home, as I hadn't asked her!
And those Farrier " pea gravel " slides will change your posture pretty quickly when you go barefoot 😎
Heading into 2025 busy folk's, so be patient if the weather gets in the road in SEQ 🙏

20/12/2024

One behalf of Mitchell Willoughby Dwyer and myself, we'd like to extend everyone a very Merry Christmas.
Let's hope 2025 is all it can be.
We've been forging and learning new stuff every opportunity as life is ours to make ✨️
We are having a week family time putting our feet up.
Finished out with Blaze getting some 7/16×7/8 hunter fit shoe's.
Take care ✌️

17/12/2024

Today is 5 weeks wearing Diamond toes.
The wear is straight off the middle.
Traction at the perimeter for propulsion for those interested ✌️

13/12/2024

2 of the best prospects in Queensland if you want your horse shod properly ✌️
Unfortunately I missed the presentation being dicked around with clients thinking they can manage my time!!
Well done Mitchell Willoughby Dwyer .
Jonesy wants shoulders like you too 💪💪

12/12/2024

Mitchell is moving onto the 3rd year shoe's for college. (Next year)
Barshoes of various types.
We forged one side each for this Queensland Dressage Squad horse.
18 inches of 1x3/8. His first ever from the section of steel.
He shod him up. They dropped on.
It was a step by step lesson. He did very well.
Forging alongside your apprentice is very rewarding ✌️

09/12/2024

Proud of young Mitchell Willoughby Dwyer
for his dedication to our trade.
I had the pleasure of firing for him at tradeschool last week at the University of Queensland Farrier Department, for the apprentice of the years competition.
A wonderful initiative to teach entrepreneurs of the future, as competition drives the market.
This is his shoe board, that was part of the 3 parts of the test.(he made over the past couple of months)
Plain stamp toe clip front, and 3/4 fullered quarter clip hind on feet. (Friday)
And a theory question hand written. ( Friday)
President of the Pfbaq , Ms Carly Moore did a great job judging.
The high level of competition was great to see whilst I was there 👌

03/12/2024

Before and after picture of one of Mitch's handmades he put on Becky ✌️🇦🇺

28/11/2024

30 years old TB with Pedal Oestitis.
The wet environment causes low heels and he runs forward at the end of cycle.
I "sheep dog " trim him with my nippers to gather length without taking depth.
Quarter clips to lock up the area behind them and keep the coronary band shape below.
1×3/8 plain stamped shoe's form protection and vertical depth.
Knocked up by Mitchell last evening in the humidity 💪

26/11/2024

How much fun do you have in your career?

Last evening Mitchell and myself went head to head making a 3/4×3/8 shoe each.
Eagle eye measurements from 5 weeks ago when last done. 10 weeks for the young bloke as he was in Perth on safari with the WAFA.
We had 4 heat's to make the shoe's from memory. Shape and size.
We both cut 12 3/4" flat bar.
This resilient standy love's some vertical depth under his wonky pin's.
Having a blast at work is rewarding to us both 💪✌️🇦🇺

20/11/2024

Big mare shod to vet script.
Lateral extension heartbar shoe left fore, and one of Mitch's handmades fabricated into a heartbar on the other.
It's great to have skills earned to draw on 💪✌️

18/11/2024

Beautiful showjumping mare with tricky conformation.
Crushes the medial heel .
Medial GRF shoe's handmade from concave section.
Allows for medial float on soft substrate, while giving traction for grip.
Fit centre of heel.

13/11/2024

16 inches 1×3/8 fronts made by Mitchell
15 1/2 1×3/8 Diamond toe hinds made by me for lovely big horse
Diamonds are everyone's friends if you can find them ✌️😎

07/11/2024

Today we were working on some revision with a reset.
Mapping the hoof to give basal surface area in a ratio 50/50 dorso palmer of CoR, on a big horse that is fetlock varus.
Fitting the toe and coronary band shape as it mirrors the coffin bone.
The shoe has a slight roll between the toe nails, to allow the desired ratio without ra**ng away the wall at the toe.
The SADP and the suspensory ligament is what is holding up the skeleton. ( Prof. Pollitt)
The largest surface area of laminae are in the front half of the hoof ✌️

01/11/2024

New horse on the roster .
Doubles as a Gatton Heavy Horse Competition practice as well.
Lucky we only had to make the fronts at the horse as gas forge and O'Dwyer number 2 anvil and 17 inches is hard work 💪✌️

31/10/2024

Today mark's the end of my 35th year as a full-time farrier.
Fitting i had the privilege of shoeing one of my favourite horse's last job this afternoon.
He wears heartbar shoe's x 4.
And Muggins and myself made some draft shoe's together for a new client tomorrow.
What a journey.
Use it or lose it ✌️💪

30/10/2024

Hello all
I'm still on the lookout for my next apprentice.
4 year trade qualification through University of Queensland, Gatton.
Resume can be sent to [email protected]
Thanks
Joel Stewart

29/10/2024

Pencilled heeled handmade concaves on this jumper that lives in a wet paddock.
You can see atrophied frog's from the constant moisture.
He is fetlock varus in his right fore.

28/10/2024

Mitchell Willoughby Dwyer is home from his week on apprentice scholarship from the Professional Farriers and Blacksmiths Association of Queensland to Perth, with the Western Australian Farriers Association 2024.
I'm really happy he had the opportunity.
The more you travel, the more you can learn.
Progressive, if you will .

He's back practising tonight , some of the techniques he learned under the tutelage of Michael Saunders, Phil Smailes, Josh Smailes, Dillon Smith and Judge/clinician Grant Watt
(Scotland)

And thanks from both of us to Mrs Amanda Saunders for looking after him like he was your own , he's back to work fit as a fiddle 🙏

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Competition ready. I think 🤔 ✌️💪 Australian Farrier National Championship. Tamworth here we come with my mother and father's blessing after his stroke 🙏

Had a great weekend at the Gatton Heavy Horse 3 person Competition. The forth year competing with my friends Ashley Sutton from Poison Anvil Blacksmith and Labe Sutton from Labe Sutton Farrier Service It was a very tight leader board. We managed to earn second place. Well done to the committee of the Pfbaq for running a smooth event . Thanks Mitch for the sneaky shoe fit video.

Burning off the travel dust 💪✌️🇳🇿

Robin Rahmann is a young German farrier I met at Spruce Meadows, when he was travelling with his farrier father, who was also competing. He was kind enough to hold one of shoeing class horse's. He is coming to help Mitchell cover my business first 2 weeks of March. We very much look forward to his visit ✌️🇳🇿

Merry Christmas 🎅 2023