Allan Collett
Training & Horsemanship
Allan Collett resides in the foothills of Victoria’s Great Dividing Range where he founded and runs Allan Collett Horsemanship. Allan has been working with horses from his early teens, his high school years were spent working with racehorses and riding trackwork in a country setting. Working with the racehorses and within the industry led Allan to head to Flemington and work and gain experience with a number of trainers, including legendary trainer Bart Cummings. Allan eventually trained horses in his own right.
Unruly horses led Allan into the world of horsemanship under the guidance of Wayne Anderson, this opened him up to the world and philosophy of famous horsemen Ray Hunt and Buck Brannaman. Allan has spent the last 25 years pursuing a deeper understanding in their teachings. Allan’s desire to continue to learn more about the horsemanship method of his idols and mentors Ray, Buck and Wayne took Allan to the USA where he spent time with Bucks sister in law Mindy Bower in Colorado and McGuiness Meadows in Montana, as well as participating in Bucks clinics, in the USA, NZ and Australia.
Allan’s passion in helping re-educate and start horses in a harmonious way then led to working horses for the public in 2004, this evolved into lessons and eventually clinics that Allan has been conducting for over a decade. Allan works with people and horses from all disciplines and endeavors to help people understand the mental and physical understanding required to have a harmonious relationship with horses regardless of the discipline.
Visit Allan Collett at the following sessions
Details
Saturday November 16th
Village Green
The link between ground & ridden work
I’d like to demonstrate the link between groundwork and ridden work. This demonstration will include one ridden horse and one horse worked on the ground, horses would be used separately and in unison. One of the horses used will be an OTT. We’ll give a little background history on the horses to get some perspective on their stage of training. Groundwork components: we’ll work through the various moves and expectations and then discuss and demonstrate ridden foundation. This would lead to both ground and ridden being demonstrated in unison, moves would be presented in a pigeon pair like formation. The audience would have the opportunity to see exact movements on the ground and how they mimic movements under saddle, this would also highlight rein angles in relation to individual feet and maneuvers. Questions are welcomed.
