EQUITANA 2011: Third Contestant for The Way of The Horse - Greg Powell

 

It is with great excitement that Greg Powell will be competing in "The Way of the Horse" at EQUITANA Sydney 2011. He was the secret "third contestant" for the event which was announced this week. Greg's thrilled to be involved in such a challenging and nationally recognised event that will be held over 10-13 November 2011. 

"The Way of the Horse demonstrates for a trainer to interact with an unstarted / unbroken horse on a level the average person can only imagine. Three contestants demonstrate their methods of connecting with an unbroken horse over three days. Each trainer has an opportunity to select a young unbroken horse and show the unique method they use to make a connection enabling trust, respect and amazing progress in what the horse is prepared to do for its trainer. It is judged based on how much progress each trainer achieves just in three sessions." 

Greg Powell is recognised as one of Australia’s leaders in horse handling. Greg has identified that a special relationship with a horse can only be achieved through mutual trust and understanding and not fear and intimidation.

Greg’s philosophy in his work with horses has been to develop mutually respectful partnerships; whereby positive and engaging techniques are used with the horses to establish a trusting and dually beneficial partnership between horse and handler. In working with the sector, Greg’s commitment has involved educating and informing the sector to put into practice better ways to treat and work horses.

In his ongoing commitment to horses, Greg has also emphasised his passion regarding the treatment of Australian wild horses (brumbies). As the brumbies continue to grow in population across rural NSW, authorities have implemented culling practices in attempts to reduce the brumbies’ impact on the native surroundings. Rather than culling, he relocates the brumbies to his NSW properties located at Marulan and Cooma, where he transforms the wild brumbies through respectful methods and techniques to transform them into functional contemporary roles.

Greg has featured on many prime time TV shows including “Random Acts of Kindness” and “60 minutes”. These shows covered the work he does with troubled brumbies in the Australian Outback.

In honour of his father he started a charity to aid in helping troubled youths called the Kalandan Foundation and put his horsemanship skills to more use. He felt there was more he could do with his skills, working with people and horses inspiring and motivating these young people to gain the most out of their lives. Greg’s life mission is to grow and develop this charity to its fullest potential sharing his experiences with his horses with others.

Greg Powell will also be demonstrating his techniques in education sessions in the Riverina Pavilion at EQUITANA Sydney 2011.

Quick Links

• visit Greg's website www.horsehandler.com.au
• Find out more about the competition and other contestants at the EQUITANA website.

Photo: EQUITANA website