THE BRUMBIES OF THE TINDERRY RANGE • AN AUSTRALIAN STORY

From the HorseTV Archives, a fascinating story from our friends down under. In Australia, a "Brumby" is a free-roaming feral horse. "Brumbies" have roamed the Tinderry Ranges in the New South Wales high country of Australia for 200 years. When Greg Powell saw that only one stallion and two mares remained, he decided to bring them in from the wild- not an easy task. Greg eventually gains the respect and trust of the horses. The story follows Greg as he locates the last wild horses of the Tinderry Ranges and brings them to safety, while realizing a lifelong dream of building partnerships with truly wild horses.

[@stephanmenzel9457]

As an prof. german horseman I rode (or drove) hundrets, perhaps thousands horses in my entire life. But all of them where tamed breeds of Europe, never a wild one. It's a complete other work and other basics. Hat off, my friend for your perfect skills and horsemanship too❤ Best regards from Germany Nearby, the type of Australian stock saddle is the best I prefare !

[@dansome3563]

Why don't u try to tamed a wild horse it's a bit of an adventure isn't it

[@gallopingg1]

A TRUE CONECTION WTH THE HEART AND SOUL OF HORSES, DEAR GREG, YOU ARE A MASTER OF YOUR GIFT, UK.

[@joshrichensproducer2201]

My Dad was Greg's very close friend and the property that Snowy and the other wild horses roamed when they were wild is actually my parents property and while Snowy wouldn't let anyone near her the other horses were actually very friendly and would even let you pat them. Mum has a story about me when I was about 5, wandering off from everyone and when they noticed I was standing under the chest of one of the horses patting it. I also remember the day that they blew up the boulder. If you listen, when Owen is explaining what they're doing, there's kids playing in the background and I'm one of those kids. In case anyone was wondering, this was probably over 10 years ago now and they were indeed the last mob of wild horses in the area.

[@joannsmith9]

Please tell me about the foal! Do you know anything about it?

[@joshrichensproducer2201]

@@joannsmith9 I was probably less than 5 years old at the time so what I can remember is kind of vague but I think the foal was particularly friendly. We had names for them all at the time but I can't remember any. I'll have to ask my Mum and Dad

[@abigticket1]

LMK

[@joannsmith9]

Thank you for replying. I know he was wanting to start another breed out of the foal. I’d give anything to know who has the foal and Theresa of the story. Is Greg still Alive?

[@joshrichensproducer2201]

@@joannsmith9 He is but I'm not too sure what he's up to these days

[@TexasWildcat]

I love to see someone train horses and ride them without bits, yes it can be done!🤠

[@johnmcdermott8156]

A great story

[@stephenblakely4463]

Incredible peice of work with Snowy and documentary. Cant wait to see more. Thank you and Gday

[@karenatha7890]

The white mare runs so fully extended that her legs are almost completely horizontal to the ground. Wow. I'm grateful for you sharing on KZbin. My long-ish life around horses is something I miss in illness. Don't watch horse exploitation in shows or races. Rescues are safe best lives. Good camera work. From Texas. Been riding English, Western, bareback all over the Americas including South. I look forward to seeing more to hopefully support financially.

[@raywolfsong1911]

Amazing what one can accomplish when you ask nicely. Well done. Many blessings to you and your Brumbies

[@susanwright4108]

So great to see a group riding without the jangling sound of bits.

[@roosthrower]

Great story and true spirit of horsemanship.

[@SisterGoldenHair111]

I love Snowy , I admire her Spirit and her kindness and willingness ❤

[@johnpartridge7623]

Good video (except the crappy music) there aren't many people who think for the wildlife anymore let alone save some of them so what you have done for Snowy & the other Horses is fantastic, I've been around Horses since the age of 6 & I can't get enough of them, you show a Horse kindness & trust-you get the same back & more.

[@rhettoneill836]

To The Powell Family & Mates..thankyou for making this Aussie girl very proud...dont ever change💝🐎

[@juliestilley9351]

In addition to great story, Loved the respectful handling and the bit-less riding!! Very cool

[@jessicaivey9788]

Oh yeah, she's fast! When you were trying to round them up, I could tell she was just playing with you lol. What a horse!

[@sallysteffen69]

A truly moving and touching film, love that you just ride in a rope halter.

[@victoriabenally8319]

Beautiful movie and exciting, is this how Snowy River was produce into movie.,beautiful 🐎, I love it! Thanks.

[@justme9359]

Snowy is one of the most beautiful mares I have ever seen, a beautiful story,very touched by it and how you gained her trust, totally inspiring video, thank you

[@ashlingofAsh7580]

What a lovely story! Those aussie saddles are amazing and I rode atop one for 10 plus years aboard a paso fino. My heart horse. I wish all wild horses were so lucky. Sadly in America it's one of the great down falls.

[@louisecassidy5991]

I was not aware there were horses in the Tinderrys, which run east side of Monaro Highway between Canberra and Cooma. I raised horses at Numeralla in the 80's. Beautiful film, great horsemanship, stunning mare, me favouring horses on the chunky side with lots of bone. Well done.

[@CricketsBay]

They're not there anymore. They've been rounded up, trained, and sold as stock horses, apparently.

[@louisecassidy5991]

@@CricketsBay When I saw all the greys, brought to mind the grey Arab stallion that lived for decades by a house on the road at Michelago, which had left his stamp on a lot of horses in that area, but no, not the same type at all. Lot of brumbies around Kiandra more lately that never used that district before, middens all along the road.

[@ShinobitheCat]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful story 👍👏🫶

[@robertneven7563]

much respect sir

[@micheleploeser7720]

It is all Monty Roberts Join-Up technique. I practice his Join-Up with the LLamas I have worked with over many years. People are always the animal that needs the training, not the animal!!

[@shaikismaeel6186]

The horse TV is goddess of horses

[@inhiscare1]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story, well done, you have a great heart!!!! ❤️ Boey does she love the snow! Also, stunning how you don't use bridles, and use haulers, that's amazing the obedience and free feeling for these animals... IMPRESSIVE!

[@mikenil6450]

great story

[@amyf8231]

I love to see the Arabian endurance horses there. I didn’t know if they were used much in Australia. Seems a perfect place for a horse that can really travel the ground. I have Arabs in western Colorado USA, so great for mountain riding! We also have wild horses in this area and the same concerns, population growth and over grazing problems. It’s difficult, love to see them free..

[@barberton3695]

What a beautiful story, well told

[@lionel9588]

It might be a beautiful story but it doesn't save our horses

[@cherylemaes6649]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video thank you for sharing your love and respect for these beautiful animals ❤

[@HorseTVGlobal]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@patriciastaton6182]

There Soo beautiful ❤️

[@cathybenson5119]

Love it, mate. I hope that not all the wild horses disappear from our mountains. 🥰🥰

[@rebekahjeanperry1686]

It would be interesting to see what kind of foal Snowy would throw with an Arabian Stallion.. With her great confirmation and easy willingness and the beautiful head and heart of fire I think the foal would be an awesome horse to see and have.. That way you would have a good breed from both sides of Both breeds on opposite ends!

[@slaphappyKat]

Very nice video. Educational and informative. Beautiful horses as well. Hope we're told when your mare has her baby.

[@HorseTVGlobal]

Thank you for your kind thoughts Helen, much appreciated.

[@BareFootDuck]

You do realise this video was made 20 or so years ago?

[@wingman559]

They’re beautiful horses!!!

[@dianajschroedl3099]

Thank you!!

[@sarajackson4901]

Wow thank you for sharing the story of the bumbies they are amazing creatures

[@cindydiaz6308]

Enjoy watching your inspiring journey with your wild horses, looking forward to watching more.

[@Blue1Sapphire]

Well presented documentary.

[@susanford6926]

What a great story!!🍎🍏🥕🐎👍

[@deni9626]

This was wonderful, thank you from America....what a beautiful Country and spirit.

[@almamoore8446]

enjoyed watching this viedo.

[@lenledwidge5367]

A you sure that gray mare is wild because you got a winner. Great horses. Alberta Canada. Wish you all the best in 2023

[@MaroofChishti786]

very impressive story and respectful training to ride bitless.

[@steven.ghodgson765]

Absolutely brilliant from a cold winter UK . fascinating

[@vincentsantarelli6915]

Thanks for a great story.Made my day,maybe my month,maybe my year..

[@ivanbenko1571]

Appaloosa's introduced into Australia in the 60's and 70's so not true Brumbies. But still great horsemanship. Showing great affinity with the horse as opposed to traditional Australian Stockman methods of 'breaking' horses. Great scenery

[@janetdoecke4391]

I would have called her Grace! But I just want to say you are amazing and so good to watch, well done on everything and all the best for the future with your beautiful horses!

[@staceycadaret5454]

Reminds of snowy river movie

[@kendimoy]

Awesome ❤thank you for sharing love the story and admire your work of course the Horse is my fascination ❤ my inspiration to draw when I was young an artist painter ❤

[@PsychicIsaacs]

I have been a Waler fan and owner for some years. A while ago, there was a massive cull of these magnificent animals, and it disgusted me. I think that's what happened to the rest of your mob.

[@myrvetebushsti2941]

Very specil i wish you the best off luck❤

[@rebekahjeanperry1686]

I just found your channel and I liked your video so I have subscribed to your channel.. Snowy is a beautiful mare and I wish you all the luck with gentling her.. Am looking forward to watching your progress with her!

[@HorseTVGlobal]

Thanks for subbing!

[@BareFootDuck]

This video was made 20 or so years ago.

[@andyfletch455]

Great to see real horsemanship, the level of understanding is superb. What of the stallion's paramour? did she have a foal?

[@ellenbrayshaw3583]

No reply…..🏇🐴🐎

[@martinwalsh5183]

The man from snowy river was an Irish man he’s name was Jack Reilly Banjo Patterson did write the poem, but Jack Riley was the man from snowy River

[@tamirice4427]

What a great gift snowy gave you, and you gave the wild horses! Tami from Oklahoma

[@cablenelsonbabygrandpiano842]

Nice! Thank you!

[@donnaterrell9545]

Great show

[@nancysimpson4246]

Love watching your videos love what you do😊 I believe you’re very good horse trainer, and a very caring man and you are so right. We have to find another solution for these horses but not for them to be killed. That’s just like people so my question would be if there’s too many people and people keep having children after children after children, what do we do then we don’t dispose of them no you just don’t do that. I really enjoy your videos.😊

[@barrytree-qp3fv]

Totally loved the video, amazing horse and amazing handler. Would love to have been able to get to Australia.

[@appaloosajack]

thank you

[@janemuldoon4043]

brilliant

[@QaisA001]

That was brilliant.. this is what Australia used to be all about.. our beautiful country, and amazing horse men and woman. Well done.

[@wildhorsesgrow8060]

I love it 😅

[@philedwards2153]

Great story people 👍🏻👊

[@deweyjones2284]

Great story! I love history and your introduction was interesting. Thanks for a job well done. The Marsh Tacky has a history in South Carolina.

[@rodneyharouff5739]

this is quite good!

[@mikeweaver238]

Awesome

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

I couldn't find exact date but this is at least 2002. As He Greg shows Snowy off at the Equitana then. I figured it had some age to it. Going on the picture quality. Very cool. Sadly the shooting of these horses is still a massive issue.

[@BareFootDuck]

Ha! Yeah, reading through the comments and people seem to think the video was made recently.

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

@@BareFootDuck yep

[@andrewpaige6571]

I thoroughly enjoyed this trip that you took with snowy. I am so elated because of the fact that you took a wild horse and made it not hard for her to adjust to be in twin . I look forward to see much more of your videos I am a horse lover I’ve never been on one but once but I enjoy looking at these beautiful animals as a Gallup tastic take care of their foal when they are Foaling.

[@louisecassidy5991]

Good Lord! This is Australia where men are tough and the horses tougher. These horses bred up over 150-200 years without the intervention of man, survival of the fittest.

[@carolmurray3674]

Beautiful story. I was wondering if you were ever able to get her mane deranged? I can image it flowing like silky angel hair ❤

[@dominiqueparisi4618]

Thank you for your journey with wild horse , job well done I like to see more wild horse looked after and kept safe . Also you didn’t tell us we’re these horse came from since there not native ti Australia

[@lorellstoneman74]

Thank you for the great video...just wondering why you left the mane matted? For remnants of the wild mare.

[@SuperSprichards]

Brilliant video mate! Would be cool to conect with you as I have been doing a similar project but in Patagonia. Cheers

[@normafollet7156]

I enjoyed your story of your part of the Australian bush @ of cause the wild horses (my favourite animal ) I originated from the high country in Victoria ,high plains, and the brumby horse. In which there none of them left.some wild horses are there, I’m told around 800 The rest. have been shot, as Vernon. Every thing has a place on this planet , it’s the management of humans that have ruined it all…😂❤

[@stopgeoengineering7230]

Snowy ❤ Mine was Misty 💖a Dapple Grey Mare 😊

[@nikkiarmstrong5400]

That is heaven on earth

[@ccvoncall4162]

Yep

[@PainJoyPeace]

Well done

[@williamavery9185]

Hahaha im so glad you wernt in that sadle.

[@staceycadaret5454]

Maybe you can start wild horses sanctuary maybe called snowy and her mates

[@user-lb1eh8hn8s]

Wild horses need to be protected as they are part of our history. Why not establish a wild horse reserve for these amazing horses where they can be properly managed in a humane and sustainable way. 😊

[@horsesarehealers134]

Brumbies!

[@stopgeoengineering7230]

❤‍🔥 🙏👍👍

[@stopgeoengineering7230]

🙌💖🐴🐎❤🙏

[@wanoneone6985]

do mustang horse in usa considered as invader too?

[@louisecassidy5991]

Mustang rescue is a thing over there. Willie Nelson has a 700 acre rescue ranch with about 70 mustangs and a fairly recent song "Ride Me Back Home" that brings tears to the eyes.

[@streamhorsetv]

🤗🐴🇦🇺

[@stopgeoengineering7230]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@joannsmith9]

I want to know what kind of foal you got? Fantastic ! Thank you for sharing. P,ease follow up with the foal.

[@BareFootDuck]

You do realise that this video was made about 20 or so years ago?

[@gypsymvpcom]

😁😁😁😁😁

[@noniendjahera4429]

Australia please give Africa some of those horses specially to Namibia.

[@KatrinaLPate]

He is a rotten little cuss, but he is so hansom. Darn Snowy is beautiful. You need to get the knots out of her mane.

[@Brigidz]

Why do you allow the dogs in the pen? They're hardly helping with the training and seem totally out of control.

[@wildforagedfare9256]

I thought this too. Especially seeing they nearly seem to nip at Snowy.

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Just to clarify the people that posted this didn't make this. Also from what i seen you will have to throw your voice back at least 20yrs to when this was made.

[@minglim-pollard1167]

Dogs have been part of man's journey on the planet for the last 15,000 years do you get it, you head on down to the welfare office

[@heathatkinson9491]

SHAME THEIR APPALOOSA CROSSES NOT PURE BRUMBIES BUT GREAT STORY ANYWAY

[@robertbrazell9295]

These aren't true bunnies, there breeding is being managed, palmino and appalossa are not traditional brumby colours.

[@matthewrooke819]

Of course they're not bunnies 🐇 😆

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

The Arabian horses are slower than the brumbies. Lol 🤣

[@joannehuttenhoff2701]

The Arabians are carrying riders!!

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

@@joannehuttenhoff2701 yeah and they are physically inferior

[@DAda-lw8zj]

The fact is that we, as humans, don't even remotely understand the horse or any other animal. We don't understand ourselves or each other. This, in a veil of appearing to be heroic and in aiding the brumbies, is an advertisement for the egocentric human condition that believes we must 'make use of things', contain animals for our purpose, be the great conqueror, dominate - even if we pretend to do so with the best intention - so that we can utilise the item of our choice. Firstly, randomly breeding more horses so that we can acquire attention, the 'best' horse for OUR choice, is utterly and completely irresponsible. In this country alone, countless thousands upon thousands or horses go to the knackery every day, many of those highly bred thoroughbred race horses, because ALL horses in this nation are overbred, whether for profit or indiscriminate stupidity and lack of conscious awareness of where that horse will potentially end up. This was not a good watch for me. I have worked with the unwanted animals of this world. It's ugly. I have endured the egos of this world and all their 'horse training' and it's ugly. We must begin to address our own responsibility and not the dollar that we worship and start by thinking why we are breeding so many horses - for profit or pride is virtually always the answer. The great tragedy is that all of the magnificent animals of this earth are wastage to the human control agenda. None of them are free, not even wildlife. This video does absolutely nothing to address a real perspective on the Australian brumby. It's about people, bla, bla, bla... win a prize, look good on close ups, be a hero, show the horse who's boss. Not much has changed. This wasn't information that was remotely good enough for the HORSE.

[@ronniemusic898]

The horses, the country, the movie snowey river me and my son were going to take trip to Australa come 1985but lord had different plan my son was killed in Aug 4 n1985 whil serving in the U S Navy. Id tried to live part hard as it was I came back home and went in to the horses had a good run at it.well that another story . ol

[@petejuchau9332]

Did the stallion explode up her box

[@darciaharvey2316]

Please Australia if you don’t want these beautiful magnificent horses invent a program to transport them out of Australia

[@coralsancetta7242]

Most people want them living free, but cattle breeders and greenies don't. They say they are destroying the environment. Ferrial pigs do far more damage than anything else.

[@jodyp6236]

Most of us do!!!

[@Ezra.14]

It’s not our decision, we have tried before but the government hasn’t agreed to anything just yet

[@anneli1735]

…instead of murdering them icecold, killing them in the wild from helicopters as enemies no chance to escape 🙄 wtf are you playing God?

[@lionel9588]

Let's make it our decision. There is less and less Australians who care about these horses any more .especially these feral politicians

[@stevemilton9304]

awfull lot of appy in those run ggs

[@louisecassidy5991]

Yes, and appys not been in Aus all that long. Sometimes when people have a ruined unrideable horse they will turn them out in the bush to survive or not, or maybe it is Knapstrupper blood we are looking at.