Simon Moore was born into a circus family in1971 and his father was a lion tamer. Deciding not to follow his father’s career, he started his farriery apprenticeship with Paul Atkins RSS in 1989 and passed the DipWCF in 1993.

He set up business in Essex where he primarily shod sports horses. During this time he met Ruth and they married in 1996; they have four children. In 1998, they relocated to Cornwall. In 2003, Simon established Cornwall’s first farriery practice – Equine Foot Care – in partnership with Paul Martin DipWCF, concentrating on training apprentices. In 2011, he gained the AWCF and the FWCF in 2016. He currently lectures at Duchy College, teaches clinics and he is a regular tutor on the BFBA’s AWCF preparation course. He is a WCF examiner and farriery consultant to a number of veterinary clinics in Cornwall. He is chairman of BFBA Cornwall branch and intends to do a research masters in farriery and become more involved in the training and education of apprentices.