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US champion horseman and trainer, Al Dunning, will be one of the featured International clinicians at EQUITANA Sydney in November this year.
Al has been living and riding horses in Arizona since he was 8 years old and went on to further his skills with mentors such as Jim Paul, John Hoyt and Don Dodge. Over the years, Al developed his multi-faceted business with a focus on the development of champion horses and riders. He has owned and operated “Almosta Ranch” in Scottsdale, Arizona since 1970 and his training and competition expertise has elevated him to great success around the world. “Almosta Ranch” is now the centre of a dynamic horse community, offering world class cutting horses for sale, as well as expert horse training.
Al Dunning has earned the undisputed title of one of the world’s greatest horse and rider trainers. He and his students have won 34 World and Reserve World titles in AQHA, NRHA, NRCHA, and NCHA. In addition, Al conducts clinics worldwide and has recently developed Team AD International, an online training program and trade school for western horseman.
He has won numerous awards for his contribution to various equine associations, within the community, and for the books and articles he has authored including: – “The Ultimate Level of Horsemanship”, “Reining” and “Reining Completely Revised”. His book “Reining”, has now sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.
Al trained and showed the great buckskin performance horse “Expensive Hobby”, which was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007, was the recipient of the 1996 AQHA Professional Horseman of the Year and was chosen as the 2003 NCHA Zane Schulte Trainer of the Year. He has also been president and Youth Advisor for the Arizona Quarter Horse Breeders Association, is an approved judge for the AQHA (judging the AQHA World Show 3 times) and was a member of the AQHA Team Wrangler.
The wealth of training and riding knowledge that Al Dunning brings to the table is phenomenal, so don’t miss the opportunity to learn from a true master horseman at EQUITANA Sydney, November 7-10.
For more information visit the EQUITANA website www.equitana.com.au
