The big news this month is the commercial release of our first research documentary on DVD "The Desert Brumby".

Following a limited pre-viewing of the DVD over the past 2 months we are now releasing the DVD to the general public.

You can now view a promo on our site or You Tube. Copies of the DVD can be purchased from our site or persons residing in the USA can purchase the DVD locally, online from Hoof Watch web site.

The DVD attracted a great deal of attention from those who purchased the introductory edition copies. It will be a great teaching resource as well as being fascinating viewing for horse people.

If you support this research the please send this link to all your friends or anyone that may be interested asking them to do the same. All proceeds from the sales of the DVD go back into the Brumby research.

The ABRU have finalised the academic and supporting activities program for the June 2010 desert conference.

The conference is a must for serious wild horse enthusiasts and will be a mix of knowledge exchange, hands-on wild horse experience and fun in the central Australian desert.

We are hosting the conference in the centre of the team's main brumby research location and intend sharing our knowledge, skills and experiences with conference participants.

This will be a truly international experience with speakers and participants from all over the world. It is set in a great location in the heart of the Australian desert in the middle of winter.

It may get down as low as zero degrees at night but the days will be a lovely 25 degrees Celsius, perfect for desert walking and wild horse and camel watching.

Full details on registration for those interested. - Number are limited so don't delay if you want to participate in this conference.

Chris and I are currently busy in New Zealand with seminars in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland

For information on these seminars email me or phone 041 772 1102

We have more desert brumby research in March 2010 and have the pleasure of Geoff Goodson, a farrier and horseman from the USA, coming out for 4 weeks to assist with research.

Geoff will also assist me with horse and cattle mustering clinics for the indigenous men on Tempe Downs, while we are in the area.

The Aboriginal people have greatly assisted our research by kindly providing access to their land and allowing us to work with their stock (some 20,000 feral horses). We are more than happy to give back to them byway of improving their working skills.

Any donations to help the indigenous desert people are always most welcome.

1. Distances travelled by feral horses in 'outback' Australia.
2. Sole depth and palmar surface weight bearing characteristics of the Equine foot.
3. Variation in the primary epidermal lamellar density between the hooves of Australian feral and domestic horse fetuses.

I will be giving seminars in Scandinavia, England and Scotland in May 2010 and North America and Canada in August 2010.

Please contact me if you have an interest about specific dates and or presentation locations.

Best wishes to all for 2010.