Colleen Kelly

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With years behind her in the research field with the University of NSW, and as the previous Spokeswoman for the WorkCover Authority of NSW, Colleen's elite lecture circuit includes Equestrian Federations around the world, and world-class conferences such as Equine Extravaganza, Equine Affaire, Sporthorse Expo, EquineXpo and Equitana. They say "you get it from your family" & Colleen's great grandmother Mary Louise Berry (b.1836) was well known for training animals and breaking horses, and, probably because of her petite size, was unable to do the rough "rope them down" methods. This kind method of breaking was followed by Colleen's Grandfather, Alan Manuel. Colleen has always trained animals learning carefully from her mother, Gwen Kelly who not only was a master horsewoman, but able to train trick animals - even able to train cats to do every animal trick you can think of! Colleen owned, trained and performed with the well known 'Rex the Wonderhorse', and Patch the Wonderdog at shows and performances & many charity and fundraising events around Australia. Colleen always rode, but first started riding seriously in endurance riding, later switching to the fun of polocrosse and doing a few highly successful campdrafts, then for many years showing with "Thendara Old Times". After the massive 18hh "Old Times" was injured & scared in a paddock accident, Colleen switched her training talents to dressage, and is the current President of Vaulting Victoria. ...

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