Horse breaker

He was a superb horseman and gained a good reputation as a horse breaker. He rode for many years for Clem Gardner and recalled "The Gardner Ranch became my second home."

Steffani Jones and Ruth Ioan on Ty Hen farm cobs with New Zealand rancher and horse breaker Graham Kenny Picture: J EURON JONES

Robert Morris (48), horse breaker, of Lapworth, pleaded guilty to stealing a cheque for pounds 150 from his employer William Barnes, on December 22 last year.

Gordon was so wild as a youth that his father sent him from England to South Australia, where he became a horse breaker and gained a reputation as a fine steeplechase rider.

Rudd worked as a horse breaker, stockman, and drover before going to Brisbane, where he became a clerk and began to write poems and sketches for local journals.

Coquelle has been travelling with polo families, trainers, breeders and horse breakers, who have formed a tribe, whose journeys never stop.

Horse breakers will tell you that that is an amazing feat.

The Horse Breakers is a fascinating and, at times, disturbing study of the methods man has used to capture and train the horse since earliest times, leading to its elevation from a prehistoric source of food to that of the valuable blue-bloods who take centre stage at Newmarket this week.