{"id":16913,"date":"2018-09-12T07:55:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T21:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=16913"},"modified":"2018-09-13T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T12:22:40","slug":"briar-the-brumby-whisperer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/briar-the-brumby-whisperer\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIAR the brumby whisperer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Briar Morris describes herself as a fun-loving and horse-mad individual that loves doing wild things, and it doesn\u2019t get any wilder then working as a brumby trainer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old is currently working with Levi (a wild brumby from southern New South Wales) at a property in Winchelsea ahead of Australia\u2019s biggest equine event in Melbourne \u2013 the Australian Brumby Challenge running November 15-18.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge sees professional and non-professional trainers paired with a wild brumby (passively trapped as part of an ongoing management program) from the High Country of Victoria and southern New South Wales where they have 150 days to train them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people think removing the brumbies form their natural habitat is cruel, but it saves many of the horses lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they just stay out in the wild, Parks Victoria and the New South Wales government would\u2019ve shot them with the cull going on, it\u2019s a bittersweet story for them all. This is a humane way of salvaging them, if they didn\u2019t come home they\u2019d be on the trucks to a slaughter house sold for human consumption where they get eaten overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The competition, partnered with EQUITANA, consists of two parts; the Ridden Challenge where brumbies aged four and older are saddle trained and the Youngster Challenge, where yearling aged brumbies are trained and presented in hand only.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the competition the brumbies are auctioned off to their new owners; if you are the trainer and want to keep them you pay the reserve price which is $1,200.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of people think brumbies are feral horses that can\u2019t do anything or they\u2019re not skilled. People think their just trail riding horses, but they can jump and move well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re also good looking, so many people come out to my property and are surprised when the see my brumbies (four in total) and what they look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originating from Queensland, Ms Morris said her love affair with horses began when she got her first pony at three-years-old, and working with abused and handled horses as a teen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI began training my first brumby in 2016 (Esther) who still lives with me now. In the beginning, I watched a lot of online tutorials and videos and ventured into liberty training (where there are no ropes, saddles or bridles used),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt allows the horses to build trust and lets them decide if they want to interact with me. 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