EDUCATION

EQUITANA Australia’s extensive education program features over 70 presenters from around the world hosting specialised clinics incorporating top trainers and competitors. Five purpose built demonstration arenas will host the education program allowing the presenters to deliver informative and entertaining sessions, directly interacting with the crowd.

• Over 200 Informative Education Sessions

• Leading Australian & International Presenters

• Interactive question & answer platform

INVITATION FOR PRESENTERS

Our goal for the Education Program is to provide a balanced and diverse program featuring presenters from a variety of fields and disciplines. If you would like to be a presenter, and you wish to present a topic in your field of expertise, please download an Expression of Interest form here.

Benefits of Presenting

• Opportunity to present in front of a large crowds of equine enthusiasts
• Enhance profile and awareness of you and your company/business
• Inclusion in extensive national marketing campaign (website, official program, print media, etc)
• Numerous networking opportunities
• Enjoy the status of being a presenter at the largest equine event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere

Gypsy Cobs Downunder

For nearly 100 years the Gypsies have bred and used colourful horses to pull their ornately decorated carts and living wagons through the country lanes of England and Ireland. The horses that they used were heavy boned and feathered horses, which were strong, sensible, docile and incredibly hard working.

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The beautiful colours of these horses were not only pleasing to the eye, but also made them instantly recognisable, which helped prevent them from being stolen or swapped discretely for inferior horses. The heavy feathers on their legs, along with the long flowing manes and tails added to the overall flash and flair long associated with the misunderstood and usually discriminated-against gypsy people.

Traditionally, the Gypsy Horse is involved in all aspects of family life, faithfully pulling the caravan wagon during the day, while still being patient enough to teach the gypsy children to ride when the day way done. The horses are tethered at the campsite with the family caravan when they are not working. They live and thrive in all types of weather, grazing on the grasses that happen to be growing along the side of the roads. The heartiness and exceptional disposition of these horses are their trademark. They are known to be one of the most docile and gentle horses in the world.

Worldwide the various types of Gypsy horse have come to be know by several different names. Irish Tinker, Gypsy Cob, Irish Cob, Romany Horse and the like, are all names used to describe they type of horse which gypsies have bred and used in the British Isles for generations. Although many horses of similar type are bred indescriminatly in Europe, the most sought after type of gyspy horses are bred by generations of gypsy families, who have prized and guarded bloodlines that produce the highest quality horses imaginable.

The Gypsy horse is extremely rare in Australia, numbering only around fifteen or so individuals. Around a dozen of these make up the foundation stock of they Gypsy Horse Association of Australia. Situated in Taminick in Victoria’s North East. Gypsy Cobs Down Under is home to the largest herd of Pure Bred Gypsy Cobs in the South. Imported from the United Kingdom with bloodlines stemming back to - The Lottery Horse, Roadsweeper, The Business, Trolley Cob and Lion KingThree stallions, six broodmares and three foals !!