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View of day yards from the
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Warren's new toy.. |
Warren was born in the Atherton Tablelands
and spent the first years of his life on his Grandad’s dairy and with his
Uncle’s horses . His family then moved to Sydney were he would visit the
man up the road every spare minute he had and help him break in horses. He
was so intense he wouldn’t miss a trick. At the end of school he started
work with Websters developing vaccines; tetanus etc. He worked there until
his family moved to Caboolture were he started his farriers
apprenticeship. He finished his time and in his spare time competed at
rodeos; bull riding and saddle broncs. He also broke in a few horses and
showed horses of his own. He then met and married his wife Carol and five
beautiful children soon followed; four girls and one boy. He competed
regularly in shoeing competitions and won the Nationals twice. All the
children rode horses and time was spent on the road with them competing
at shows and gymkhanas , plus shoeing and breaking in horses; mainly
thoroughbreds for the race track. As the children got older he got back
into showing Western Pleasure and all Western events with Paints and Q
horses.
In 2001 he was then asked
to take a horse and go reining. Having spent a lot of time out at Ian
Francis's property shoeing and riding with him he had developed a passion
for reining so away he went — winning his first Futurity and then Reserve
Champion Open Futurity at the 2001 Nationals. It has been a very busy
exciting journey since then with multiple wins in Futurities ; Opens; and
Derbies having had the honour to compete on a lot of brilliant horses;
great clients and the wonderful people you meet every were you go.
Clinics have become another part of his life , travelling around and
sharing the knowledge he has gathered with others . 2006 was great year
were he received an Australia Day Sports Award and gained his $100,000
status in the NRHA. |
