Wild Horses of W.A.

Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of being involved with the Outback Heritage Horse Association of Western Australia, handling and starting some of their rescued wild horses, and we are also members of the OHHAWA. We encourage anyone who has an interest in these horses, and horses in general, to become a member of this very worthwhile Association.

We were originally contacted by Dr Sheila Greenwell in 2006 about helping train some of the recently rescued Gunnadorrah horses from Gunnedorrah Station, east of Kalgoorlie. We immediately accepted and Fred started handling 2 of them: Ricco, a solid black colt, and Mocha, a Skewbald Pinto gelding. The first hour of training with these guys was a little ’hairy’ to say the least, but once they understood that we meant them no harm they responded amazingly well, showing a wonderful, kind and willing temperament.

To date, Fred has started 13 of the Gunnadorah Station horses and all have shown an incredible temperament and trainability, and have gone on to be very useful, much loved horses. We actually decided to keep one for ourselves, Fred having fallen in love with our D.J. (Desert Jewel) when initially handling her. Read about D.J’s story here

Over the last 2 years, Fred has also worked with horses from Mt Welcome Station, Theda Station, Mt Weld Station, Prenti Downs Station and Earaheedy Station. We have an incredible amount of love and respect for these hardy wild horses and actively promote them as being suitable horses for every discipline. Please have a look at our 'Gallery' section to see some photos of these beautiful horses.

Fred is so grateful for the opportunity to work with these horses, as it has taught him so much. They are his favourite type of horse to work with and by far the most rewarding, given their often harsh and traumatic background.

For more information on these horses please go to www.wildhorses-wa.com and have a look around this fantastic website.