Sam Caporn

         I grow up on the coast in the northern suburbs of Perth WA, playing football in the winter and body surfing waves in the summer, a far cry from teaching horsemanship. It all started when my family and I went holidaying on a farm stay where they had horses. From that point I have needed to play with and ride horses.

 After graduating Agricultural College I began as a farm hand all over the state and also tried to learn more about horses from whoever would care to share something about them. In 2003 I saw a Parelli Natural Horsemanship demonstration given by a former Parelli Professional and was blown away. That same week I found an old audio tape of Pat’s in ‘horseland’ and bought it, as I was driving around for the next couple of days that’s all I played, it just made so much sense to do thing naturally, to do things from the horses point of view.  

I started the program immediately and in-between jobs I would spend my time trying to develop my horsemanship though the home study program and Parelli instructors visiting WA. I would have about 3 weeks off before each seasonal job started and in that time I would just play with my horses and I did, I played and rode all day, all day long I couldn’t get enough. In 2007 I headed for the Parelli Campus in Florida for a 6 week course and though some persistence scored a position as a Rand Hand for the next 12 months. In the summer of 2008 I was a student in a 10 week long University Module which included a 3 week ‘Colt Start’ lead by 4-Star Australian Instructor Rob McAuliffe.

At the beginning on 2009 I spend 4 months at the Australian centre in Sydney, were I assisted teaching a 4 week course and continued on in helping make improvements to the centre, until June when I return to America as an Intern in the current Mastery Program. At the start of 2010 I became a Protégé and received a 3^rd Star as an Instructor and a rating as a Horse Development Specialist. After spending the last 12 months riding with and just being around Pat Parelli on a daily bases, I have a strong understanding and importance for being natural with horses, not only for the horse’s sake but also for myself. I hope that you’re ready for your journey and I look forward to coming and helping you with the ingredients you need to become successful with horses.   

I will be participating at the Equitana Sydney event on November 10 through the 13.  Please follow the the link below to view the details.