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20.01.2022 Had a great offsider today helped me string her horse out. Thanks Jess you did a great job.

20.01.2022 Fantastic day in the hills working out the young and old ponies. Hills are the best for conditioning your horses.

19.01.2022 ABLE CUSTOM SADDLES. Let us furnish you with your next custom saddle , for a wade, roper or cutting saddle. All of my saddles are made on a custom rawhided tre...e to your specs and all are made from Hermann oak leather and the best available stainless steel hardware throughout. Traditional materials and methods of saddlemaking that stand the test of time . Custom sterling silver options are available also . From a rough / smooth out to an elaborately tooled art piece , attention to detail is our standard. Please pm for details and options . See more

19.01.2022 This is the result of what happenes when customers tell porky pies about how well behaved there horse is to shoe. To everyone that Owns horses, please don’t lie... if you know they kick or can sometimes kick, JUST SAY!!!so I or any other farrier or vet or anyone else working on or around your house can take a bit extra care. I was told this was good as gold to shoe and It dropped me like Mike Tyson in about 30seconds of touching it See more

15.01.2022 ""When a lot of folks can't get a horse to operate on a feel, in a snaffle, what most are going to tell you "hell, get a little more bridle, get a little more s...hank on it, get a chain on it" and then when he's really wanting to flip over then "tie his head down". If he really runs into the tie down then "get a bicycle chain over his nose".............I mean it DOESN'T STOP, IT BECOMES MEDIEVAL WHAT THEY DO. But when you get a horse to where he's operating on a feel; it doesn't make much difference what you have. Whereas a lot of people leave the snaffle bit because they flunked out, they failed...............and then they go and get another bit. Of course these tack salesmen love that. They go and get another bit and then they flunk out in it, ruin their horse. Then they ruin them in that, then get another bit and then pretty soon they've got a whole wall full of bits and they still can't operate the damn thing. All that money they've wasted on bits; they could've probably bought a decent saddle for the horse so he didn't have to put up with the junk they were riding in. Now that would have been something that would have been worthwhile. So if you don't get it done in the snaffle (the basics that a horse needs, the fundamental movements that all horses need to do for whatever you have in mind for them) before moving on to something else, well............you're not going to get it."" - Buck Brannaman. Image of Buck is by Heather Kessler - https://www.facebook.com/kesslerphoto

14.01.2022 Sorry about the sound was only just messing about with our up and coming colt by SCOTTS ACE. Talking to my daughter Darcy about what was going on in his head when he reacts to a threat. Thought it might help someone out.

10.01.2022 Putting the word out there Position available Droving Start date - September 7 for three months Clermont to Taroom... Seven days a week Hours - 5am till dark Bring swag and saddle Horses and meals provided Need to like cattle and can work all day Sleeping available in caravan Pay negotiable Contact me and I can pass on your details See more

09.01.2022 Sandy should never be forgotten. The only horse to come home. Ten million fighting men died in World War One. But what is less remembered is that at least eight... million horses died too, a number that is absolutely inconceivable to me. According to the Australian War Memorial, during WWI Australia sent 136,000 horses overseas to be used by used by the Australian, British and Indian armed forces. Tragically, only ONE horse from the 136,000 made it back home to Australian soil. This heroic horse was Sandy, a Waler who belonged to Major General Sir William Bridges, who was killed in battle at Gallipoli. A gentle bay standing 16 hands high, he was the Major’s favourite charger and it was his dying wish to have his beloved horse returned home to Australia to enjoy a long and happy retirement. When the Major died, Sandy was put into the care of Captain Leslie Whitfield and was transported to Egypt then onto France in March 1916. It wasn’t until the following year that the Australian authorities were able to honour the Major’s dying wish and granted Sandy a safe passage to return home to Australia. The big bay lived out his days munching on green grass at Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s west, around the place named Remount Hill, where many thousands of horses bound for war, Sandy included, had earlier begun their long one-way journey. In 1923, Sandy had to be put down due to ill health. It’s tragic to think Sandy was the only horse to return home once the war was over. While some of the horses that survived were sold to the British Army and others were given to locals, many soldiers chose to go against the army’s orders and destroy their horses rather than leave them on foreign soil. I can’t begin to imagine how devastating and heart-wrenching this would have been for these soldiers, but here’s a poem from Major Oliver Hogue which sheds some light on the gut-wrenching situation: I don’t think I could stand the thought of my old fancy hack Just crawling round old Cairo with a ’Gyppo on his back Perhaps some English tourist out in Palestine may find My broken-hearted Waler with a wooden plough behind. No, I think I’d better shoot him and tell a little lie: He floundered in a wombat hole and then lay down to die. Maybe I’ll get court-martialled; but I’m damned if I’m inclined To go back to Australia and leave my horse behind.

08.01.2022 It doesn't matter the size of the horse or rider, but if you have that bond and give everything you both have....you have already won

06.01.2022 We currently have a client, resuming riding, searching for a quiet confidence builder. 14.3 - 15.3 hh, any colour or breed. Horse MUST be responsive with no dirt and sensible. Very good and loving home assured. Reasonable budget. Please PM NORTH WEST HORSEMANSHIP page.

06.01.2022 A new shoeing client came to us with a problem footed horse. This lovely big boy unfortunately had seedy toe and thrush. Also previous foot-work had left him ‘touching down’ & gave him ‘collapsed heels’ badly which caused his toes to splay out, due to the weight and overbalance defects. This lovely horse-owner is very keen to correct this beautiful geldings troublesome hooves. We are NOT putting shoes on yet because we are prepping the hoof to grow correctly and we need to do this slowly so we don’t cause any more problems. Our client is happy to know we are not just about taking money from them and instead working with and educating to the best practices to FIX the old problems and give her a horse she can ride and that will have longevity for them both.

06.01.2022 Half breeds and Wades are too long for short backed horses? Saddle length of different types of saddles is often debated. Here is something on the subject that may interest many not familiar with working type saddles. Remember nobody gets much work from a sore horse.

05.01.2022 update, police and stock squad have asked to keep sharing to help in investigation to find Gav and catch theif ALL INFORMATION WILL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL $2000 REWARD

05.01.2022 This is brilliant

04.01.2022 A song written for the great horseman and friend Ray Hunt I wrote this back when we were working on Ray's Colt Starting video, we needed a soundtrack and initia...lly we were going with a song from Michael Martin Murphey but that didn't pan out so Ray said "You write a song!" Well, I wasn't about to argue with Ray...... See more

04.01.2022 Always remember Horsemanship is a journey never a destinationAlways remember Horsemanship is a journey never a destination

03.01.2022 "There's always work for a good drover on horseback." Jack Jones was an old school drover, but new "outback road trains" started to change the way cattle wer...e being moved from NT to Qld. Check out this documentary "Walking the Mob" that we've found in the archives from 1961! We've been sorting through the shelves finding some of our favourite videos from the past 75 years! #RetroFocus #ABCRural75