Ian Francis

Ian Francis is a legend amongst Australian horseman and is often described as the best horseman in the world. He has trained more horses and received more awards in more western events than any other horseman this country has ever seen. He is respected in Australia and overseas as a Master Horseman.

 

Ian came into the horse industry as a stockman competing in rodeo and campdrafting and started training horse as a necessity for station work. He began training seriously in the 1970's and in 1980 started Ian Francis Training Stables. Ian's experience ranges from starting colts, preparing sale horses, educating horses for a wide client base and showing horses in halter , pleasure, trail, hunter, western riding, show hacks, stockhorses, campdrafting, working cowhorse, reining and cutting.  

 

He has represented his country and won at the International Reining Council’s IRC World Cup (held in Canada) and was part of the Australian Team which placed second.

 

Ian Francis has been inducted into the Australian Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame, the National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame, and Reining Australia Hall of Fame, is a National Reining Horse Association Legend Rider and he was recently inducted into the Furlong Stud Equine Hall of Fame in Toowoomba. In 2011 Ian Received an Order of Australia Medal for his services to the equine industry.

 

He now concentrates on giving clinics in horsemanship, cutting, reining stockmans challenge and Campdraft both in Australia and Internationally. Ian Francis has recently produced a series of dvds Foundation Training, Reining Training,Stockmans Challenge Training  and Campdrafting Fundamentals along with a motivational book "That Winning Attitude" and a biography " Living the Legend".

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